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Antonyms for chaise

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sheyz
Phonetic Transcription : ʃeɪz

Definition of chaise

Origin :
  • 1701, "pleasure carriage," from French chaise "chair" (15c.), dialectal variant of chaire (see chair (n.)) due to 15c.-16c. Parisian accent swapping of -r- and -s-, a habit often satirized by French writers. French chair and chaise then took respectively the senses of "high seat, throne, pulpit" and "chair, seat." Chaise lounge (1800) is corruption of French chaise longue "long chair," the second word confused in English with lounge.
  • As in bed : noun furniture for sleeping
  • As in coach : noun carriage
Example sentences :
  • And her agitated hand waved to them from a chaise window, and she was gone.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • Your messenger finds me just setting out for London: the chaise at the door.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • The horse was accordingly put in, and the chaise brought round to the door.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • In five minutes' time the chaise was ready, and this good scapegrace in his saddle.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • Barnaby, my man, help me to put him in the chaise, and we'll ride home together.'
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • You must not keep the chaise waiting—the gentleman is very punctual.
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
  • You nicknamed that benevolent Jesuit 'the Chaise of Convenience.'
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
  • He had brought the chaise for my mother, who placed me on her knees.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete » by Madame Campan
  • Chaise was scarcely a bard, but a singer of the songs of bards.
  • Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
  • His chaise is heard in the court, and they go out to meet him.
  • Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by Paul Elmer More

Synonyms for chaise

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