Chaise

Word CHAISE
Character 6
Hyphenation chaise
Pronunciations /ʃeɪz/

Definitions and meanings of "Chaise"

What do we mean by chaise?

Any of various light open carriages, often with a collapsible hood, especially a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse. noun

A post chaise. noun

A chaise longue. noun

Properly, a two-wheeled carriage for two persons, drawn by one horse, and generally furnished with a hood or top that may be let down. In dialectal speech often shay. noun

A four-wheeled pleasure-carriage drawn by two or more horses. noun

A French gold coin first issued by Louis IX. in the thirteenth century. noun

A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thorough-braces. It is usually drawn by one horse. noun

A carriage in general. noun

An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels. noun

A chaise longue. noun

A post chaise. noun

A long chair; for reclining noun

A carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse noun

An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.

A chaise longue.

A post chaise.

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The word "chaise" in example sentences

Once I had a very young copy editor change the term chaise longue, in a text of mine, to the commonly used "chaise lounge." ❋ Unknown (2009)

'I thought you called the chaise yours,' said I. 'That's my way of speaking,' said the man; 'but the chaise is my master's, and a better master does not live. ❋ George Henry Borrow (1842)

She was charmed to find your opinion agreed with her own, and settled that we should go to town to-morrow morning: and a chaise is actually ordered to be here by one o'clock. ❋ Unknown (1778)

I am going to Temple's, and the chaise is at the door. ❋ Unknown (1769)

xiEnglish-speakers did the same thing to the French word longue when, in the early nineteenth century, they heard it as the unrelated word lounge to form the phrase chaise lounge. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

As you can see from the pictures attached below the Calla Chair can be transformed in chaise lounge by suitables joints arranging the arms overall opening as well as different positions in very good comfort. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The reading chaise is all put together and I have had the chance to try it out. ❋ Unknown (2005)

'I was told – I was assured –' said Bellamy, 'that a mad bull was running wild about the country; and I thought it, therefore, advisable to send for a chaise from the nearest inn, that I might return this young lady to her friends.' ❋ Unknown (1796)

Chance gives me an opportunity of forwarding this by New York; I write whilst my chaise is getting ready. ❋ Unknown (1769)

"I thought you called the chaise yours," said I. "That's my way of speaking," said the man, "but the chaise is my master's, and a better master does not live. ❋ George Henry Borrow (1842)

"I thought you called the chaise yours," said I. "That's my way of speaking," said the man; "but the chaise is my master's, and a better master does not live. ❋ George Henry Borrow (1842)

On the wedding-day, after the ceremony is over, the bride and bridegroom again drive out together in a 'chaise' -- a high carriage on very big wheels, with room for but two persons. ❋ P. M. Hough (N/A)

Once your feline’s chaise is done, she’ll love having a cardboard box to lounge in and you’ll have a conversation-starter in your liviing room. ❋ Unknown (2008)

‘I thought you called the chaise yours,’ said I. ‘That’s my way of speaking,’ said the man; ❋ Unknown (2004)

She had now, however, bought sufficient experience to bespeak a chaise against his return. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Mrs. Trunnion, for example, proposed that a coach and six should be purchased, as she could not ride on horseback, and the chaise was a scandalous carriage for a person of her condition. ❋ Unknown (2004)

He therefore who wishes to lose no time unnecessarily, and wishes also to avoid other inconveniences, such as frequent stoppages, and perhaps, some alarming dashings against other ships, prefers travelling those few miles by land in a post-chaise, which is not very expensive, especially when three join together, as three passengers pay no more than one. ❋ Unknown (2004)

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