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‖ chaise-longue|ʃɛzlɔ̃g|
[F. chaise longue ‘long chair’. In Ogilvie's Dict. called chaise-lounge.]
A kind of sofa with a rest for the back at one end only; a ‘couch’, a ‘lounge’. Also ellipt. as chaise.
1800E. Hervey Mourtray Family III. 76 She only begged they would permit her to lie down on her chaise longue. 1825T. Lister Granby vii. (1836) 45 Lady Elizabeth lay on a chaise-longue by them. 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey (1868) 338 Stiff or stretching, lounging on a chaise-longue. 1837Marryat Dog-fiend 194 What are now termed chaise longues, were drawn to the sides of the table. 1852Miss Sewell Exper. Life xxxviii. (1858) 278 The addition of a chaise longue and an ottoman. 1953R. Chandler Long Good-Bye xxiv. 154, I stretched out on a padded aluminium chaise. 1965E. O'Brien August is Wicked Month xvii. 215 He was on the edge of the chaise, totally ill at ease. |