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Webster 1913 Edition
Chalet
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Cha-let′
,Noun.
[F.]
1.
A herdsman’s hut in the mountains of Switzerland.
Chalets
are summer huts for the Swiss herdsmen. Wordsworth.
2.
A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.