Lexic.us

Definition of Chaise

1. Noun. A long chair; for reclining.

2. Noun. A carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse.

Definition of Chaise

1. n. 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.

Definition of Chaise

1. Noun. An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels. ¹

2. Noun. A chaise longue. ¹

3. Noun. A post chaise. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chaise

1. a light carriage [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chaise

chairpeople chairperson chairpersons chairpersonship chairpersonships chairs chairship chairships chairward chairwoman

chairwomanship chairwomanships chairwomen chairwork chais chaise (current term) chaise longue chaise longues chaise lounge chaises

chaises longues chaitya chaityas chaiwallah chaiwallahs chaja chakacha chakalaka chakra chakram

Literary usage of Chaise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The count of Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (1846)
"THE CEMETERY OF P^RE-LA-chaise. M. DE BOVILLE had indeed met the funeral ... The pompous procession therefore, wended its way towards Pere-la-chaise from ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"The vi. sitor of Père Ia chaise cannot fail to be struck with the general elegance, taste, and fancy, which have been diffused among the people by the ..."

3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"In the case of Chance is also used, in varying senses, with at, for, and chaise longue, longue is not an English word, but lounge, on: spelled with the same ..."

4. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"(I always talk to Sam:) So what does he, but takes, and drags Me in the chaise along the flags, (Spoken in the character of Nancy Lake, a girl of eight ..."

5. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1897)
"A curious form—the ancestral chaise, Long years hath idle stood, A relic of the earlier days, Builded of hickory wood. Strong for journeys, by dark and ..."

6. Southern France, Including Corsica: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1902)
"The new railway (see above) makes a détour of 7 M., via St. Alyre. 10 M. La chaise-Dieu (Lion d'Or), a village with 1608 ..."

7. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"face as well as she could with her handkerchief, she darted across the hall, jumped into the chaise, and in a moment was driven from the door. ..."

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