chaise longue
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of chaise longue
1790–1800; < French: long chair; chaise lounge by folk etymology
Example Sentences
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To create the coziest spot in the house, Hajj likes to put a big, comfortable chair or chaise longue right next to the fireplace.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2022
The chaise longue suddenly makes all kinds of sense to me.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2022
Teasdale spoke to BBC News about their rise, their love of longboarding - a type of skateboarding - and the whereabouts of the actual chaise longue.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2022
In the artist’s residency on Valentina Guidi Ottobri’s estate, an iron chaise longue embellished with hundreds of leather flowers by the Italian designer Tal Lancman and the couturier Maurizio Galante.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2021
It would have suited her better had Briony wept and allowed herself to be comforted on the silk chaise longue in the drawing room.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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