Chaise
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʃeɪz/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chaise is a noun meaning An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.
Meaning
An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.
More Meanings
- A chaise longue.
- A post chaise.
Example Sentences
It pulled up with a mighty plunging of horses at the overturned chaise.
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.
“Now, do me a favor. Could I borrow a beach chaise?” “Beach chaise?” “I promise it's for the float. Something that one might sit out in the sun on.” “What the fuck is a beach chaise? Is that French?” “They're lawn chairs, Seanie.” “Yeah, we got lawn chairs.” “Thank you very much, very kind.”
“But why is it necessary, said Edmund, that Crawford’s carriage, or his only should be employed? Why is no use to be made of my mother’s chaise? I could not, when the scheme was first mentioned the other day, understand why a visit from the family were not to be made in the carriage of the family.”
Word Forms
- chaises
Synonyms for chaise
Depending on context, synonyms include daybed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include daybed, shay, pere, post chaise, postchaise, chair.
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