chaise, shay
(noun) a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chaise (plural chaises)
An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.
A chaise longue.
A post chaise.
• Sachie
Source: Wiktionary
Chaise, n. Etym: [F. chaise seat, or chair, chaise or carriage, for chaire, from a peculiar Parisian pronunciation. See Chair.]
1. A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thoroughbraces. It is usually drawn by one horse.
2. Loosely,
Definition: a carriage in general. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
