noun
chalet
sha-LAY/ʃæˈleɪ/
A Swiss-style mountain house or vacation cottage.
The wooden chalet stands beneath the snowy mountain ridge.
Etymology
Swiss-French chalet named a herdsman’s hut or Alpine cottage. Its early use for a mountain shelter where cattle and herdsmen spent the night connects directly to the modern mountain house or lodge.
In context
mountains, a chalet type house in a cul-de-sac, the yard of
his nights in his modest wooden chalet in Sils Maria
More examples
- They rent a chalet near the ski slopes.
- A broad roof shelters the chalet's balcony.
- Several chalets cluster above the village.
Forms
chalet · chalets