Chaise

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪz

Origin

From French chaise.

Full definition of chaise

Noun

1. An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.
• 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/22The 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.
2. A chaise longue.
3. A post chaise.----