chalet
a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
a kind of farmhouse, low and with wide eaves, common in Alpine regions.
any cottage, house, ski lodge, etc., built in this style.
Origin of chalet
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How to use chalet in a sentence
Stay: Book your stay at the High Sierra Camps, a series of chalets and hiking trails in the high country of the park.
Nine Amazing Places To Skinny Dip Around The World | Erin Cunningham | September 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe fact that there are no routes mapped out, and no chalets or club shelters to sleep in, does not trouble men of that kind.
The Gold Trail | Harold BindlossThe store where they buy grub, and you get yours, is up at the chalets.
Boy Scouts in Glacier Park | Walter Prichard EatonThere was a party coming, Tom said, but they were so tired, they went to the chalets.
Boy Scouts in Glacier Park | Walter Prichard EatonWalnut, lime and fig trees, twisted with vines, stand near its borders or about the chalets and hamlets on the slopes.
A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees | Edwin Asa Dix
But we passed no living soul, not even a peasant; there were no chalets, no cattle, no cattle shelters even.
Day and Night Stories | Algernon Blackwood
British Dictionary definitions for chalet
/ (ˈʃæleɪ, French ʃalɛ) /
a type of wooden house of Swiss origin, typically low, with wide projecting eaves
a similar house used esp as a ski lodge, garden house, etc
Origin of chalet
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