chaise
part of speech
noun (a chaise, chaises)
meaning for a pupil
1) In old times, a light carriage with two or four wheels, pulled by one horse, often with a folding hood. tree →
2) (in «chaise longue») a long chair or sofa with a back at one end where you can put your legs up. tree →
sense in the lessons
Mostly found in old stories and history books about the days of horses and carriages. Today people mostly meet it in «chaise longue», a piece of furniture. In a story, a chaise tells the reader that the person is travelling the old way, by horse.
examples
- The doctor arrived in a small chaise pulled by a grey pony. tree →
- In the old story the lady rode to town in her chaise. tree →
- The chaise rattled along the country lane. tree →
- Grandma has a velvet chaise longue in her sitting room. tree →
- A chaise was cheaper than a big coach. tree →
- The horse stopped and the chaise tipped forward. tree →
- In history we drew a picture of a chaise. tree →
- He lay back on the chaise longue with a book. tree →
- It was his opinion that he had really made as great a journey as if he had travelled in a steamship, a railway carriage, or a post-chaise. tree →
note
Say «shayz» (it comes from French, where it means «chair»). Plural: chaises. «Chaise longue» means «long chair» in French; in the USA people often say «chaise lounge».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «chaise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.