noun
chaise
SHAYZ/ʃeɪz/
A long chair with an extended seat for reclining.
The upholstered chaise has a raised back and an extended seat.
Etymology
French chaise means simply “chair”; the reclining sense is connected with chaise longue, literally “long chair.” The phrase describes a chair extended to let someone stretch out.
In context
She lay in bed, in a chaise longue, or on a sofa, hour after hour, smoking cigarettes, lost in her sorrowful reveries.
More examples
- The chaise had a long upholstered seat.
- He moved the chaise into the shade.
- A cushion covered the chaise’s extended foot section.
Forms
chaise · chaises
Similar words
- lounger
- Lounger is a general reclining chair; chaise usually has an extended seat for the legs.
- sofa
- A sofa commonly seats several people upright; a chaise supports one reclining person.