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Webster 1913 Edition


Chaise

Chaise

(shāz)
,
Noun.
[F.
chaise
seat, or chair, chaise or carriage, for
chaire
, from a peculiar Parisian pronunciation. See
Chair
.]
1.
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.
2.
Loosely
,
a carriage in general.
Cowper.

Webster 1828 Edition


Chaise

CHAISE

,
Noun.
s as z. A two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig. It is open or covered.

Definition 2024


chaise

chaise

English

Noun

chaise (plural chaises)

  1. An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.
    • 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22
      The next morning after breakfast, Joe put Merrylegs into the mistress's low chaise to take him to the vicarage; he came first and said good bye to us, and Merrylegs neighed to us from the yard.
  2. A chaise longue.
  3. A post chaise.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɛz/

Etymology

Variant of chaire << Latin cathedra "seat" << Greek καθέδρα (kathedra)

Noun

chaise f (plural chaises)

  1. chair, seat.

Anagrams


Irish

Adjective

chaise

  1. Lenited form of caise.