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Definition of Chalet
1. Noun. A Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style.
Definition of Chalet
1. n. A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland.
Definition of Chalet
1. Noun. an alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves ¹
2. Noun. (alternative form of chalet) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chalet
1. a Swiss cottage [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chalet
Literary usage of Chalet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Architecture and Building (1912)
"By WM SB DANA, BS THE anatomy of the chalet husk having been carefully ...
As the question of chalet wall penetrations is subject to the universal law which ..."
2. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1895)
"IN chalet LAND. THERE is probably no better change to tired dwellers in cities,
and no such rest to overstrained nerves—the disease of these wild ..."
3. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1884)
"... boundary between Germany and France, are situated several houses, one of which,
built in the form of a Swiss chalet, is now an inn (*chalet Hartmann, ..."
4. Tent Life with English Gipsies in Norway by Hubert Smith (1874)
"There were two men at the " Tourists' chalet." One was a tall thin fellow, draped
in leather, and nothing else — coat, breeches, stockings, ..."
5. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"... we ' have an idea that we shall show you rather a neat ' house. What terrific
adventures have been in action; The chalet: presented by Mr. Fechter. ..."
6. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... n. house, room (poetic or archaic); spec, bower, chalet, casino, lodge,
cot (poetic or literary). cottager, n. cotter, cottar, cottier. conch, n. 1. ..."
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