chaise

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a light horse-drawn carriage, usually for one or two people

   The traveler hired a chaise for the journey to the next village.

2. 2
   noun

   a long reclining chair; a chaise longue

   She stretched out on the chaise beside the window.

Borrowed from French chaise, "chair." It is a doublet of chair and cathedra: all go back to Greek kathedra, "seat," but chaise entered English with French spelling and specialized senses.

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