21 нояб. 2022 г. · "a seat with a back, intended for one person," early 13c., chaere, from Old French chaiere "chair, seat, throne" (12c.; Modern French chaire " ...

From Middle French chaire, inherited from Latin cathedra (“seat”), a borrowing from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra). Doublet of chaire and cathèdre.

7 авг. 2023 г. · They started in ancient Egypt, lounged in Victorian parlors, and have been a steady fixture throughout modern history.

Chaise, (French: “chair”), originally a closed, two-wheeled, one-passenger, one-horse carriage of French origin, adapted from the sedan chair.

5 дней назад · The meaning of CHAISE is any of various light horse-drawn vehicles. Chaise longue · Chaise lounge · Post chaise

Origins · Duchesse brisée (French: 'Broken duchess'): this word is used when the chaise longue is divided into two parts: the chair and a long footstool, or two ...

The earliest known use of the noun chaise is in the early 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for chaise is from 1701, in London Gazette.

Etymology. edit. The name, in use in England before 1700, came from the French word chaise, meaning chair. The spelling shay is a colloquial ...

When English speakers imported a new kind of sofa from France in the late 1700s, they transformed the name chaise longue (long chair) into chaise lounge.

The earliest known use of the verb chaise is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for chaise is from 1792, in the writing of W. B. Stevens.