chaise

noun

Definition of chaisenext
as in barouche

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Recent Examples of chaise Take a walk down the mile-long granite pathway to the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse or relax in a chaise by the pool and order piña coladas straight to your seat. — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2026 On a recent flight, I was pampered with five windows plus a separate armchair and chaise-style sofa that combine to form what the airline bills as the longest seat in commercial aviation. — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2026 From June through September—when Seattle summer days are long, warm, and humidity-free, head up early to secure a view-boasting chaise near the water. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 In a photo shared in her People cover story, which was shot by photographer Ruven Afanador, Shakira could be seen lounging on a brocade-upholstered chaise while modeling a nude cowl neck slip dress made out of nothing but mesh. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for chaise
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaise
  1. barouche
  2. chariot
  3. phaeton
  4. buckboard
  5. cab
  6. buggy
  7. landau
  8. cabriolet
Noun
  • If Austen had ever conceived one of her novels as a Regency Bachelorette, with the suitors driving up in barouches, the unmarried heroine would have ordered them all to turn around and go home.
    — Tom Gliatto, People.com, 19 July 2025
  • Guests arriving by train were met and returned to the station by an open barouche, a six-horse tallyho that brought them to the three-story-high wooden structure with a roof of gray-red-peach bottom slate, that was modeled after Swiss Alpine hotels.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
Definition of barouche
Noun
  • For example, last Wednesday, the game challenged me with a picture of a bronze sculpture that looked somewhat like a chariot.
    — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 6 July 2026
  • But, that could be accomplished with portable palanquins and chariots, Namboothiri said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Definition of chariot
Noun
  • Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022
Definition of phaeton
Noun
  • The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
Definition of buckboard
Noun
  • The passengers had to self-eject from the speeding cab.
    — ANDREA SACHS THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026
  • Firefighters extinguished a blaze that had consumed the truck’s cab and trailer, as well as debris along the railroad.
    — Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of cab
Noun
  • Passengers would debark at Country Club Station, near the intersection of what is now Cantrell Road and Kavanaugh Boulevard, and would either walk or ride in a buggy to the country club.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2026
  • The first cars looked like horse buggies.
    — Aswin Saravanan, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of buggy
Noun
  • The royal couple was transported to the senate in the grandest of royal ways: in a landau carriage escorted by a troupe from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride in their bright red tunics.
    — Simon Perry, People.com, 27 May 2025
  • It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
Definition of landau
Noun
  • The 718 Boxster is a brilliantly handling cabriolet with an assortment of power plants to choose from, a modern interior, numerous tech amenities, comfortable dimensions, and driver aids.
    — Peter Nelson, Robb Report, 27 May 2026
  • The 1934 Packard LeBaron all-weather cabriolet was designed to be driven by a chauffeur.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
Definition of cabriolet

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