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chaise longue

[ sheyz lawng, cheyz; French shez lawng ]

noun

, plural chaise longues, French chaises longues [shez , lawng].
  1. a chair, with or without arms, for reclining, having a seat lengthened to form a complete leg rest and sometimes an adjustable back.


chaise longue

/ ʃɛz lɔ̃ɡ; ˈʃeɪz ˈlɒŋ /

noun

  1. a long low chair for reclining, with a back and single armrest
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chaise longue1

1790–1800; < French: long chair; chaise lounge by folk etymology
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chaise longue1

C19: from French: long chair
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Example Sentences

It looks like a futuristic chaise longue, and is almost Grecian in its blinding-white color.

When he came back, he testified, they were getting coital on a chaise longue.

Warble, sitting on the other end of the now separated chaise longue made no reply, except to scratch her leg a little.

From her chaise-longue Gabrielle smiled calmly, the picture of a new Circe, rejoicing in the success of her spells.

He swung his feet to the floor, and bending forward in the chaise longue, began to speak rapidly and with extreme earnestness.

When Joyselle was ushered in he found a beautiful person in a lacy white tea-gown reading Maeterlinck on a satin chaise-longue.

The chaise-longue was covered with this same silk, as were the various chair cushions.

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