chaise
/ʃeɪz/ noun C2- An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.
- A chaise longue.
- A post chaise.
Plural chaises
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Bingley’s chaise to go to Meryton; and the Hursts have no horses to theirs.”
Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr.
Long does not keep a carriage, and had to come to the ball in a hack chaise.”
Miss Bingley offered her the carriage, and she only wanted a little pressing to accept it, when Jane testified such concern at parting with her that Miss Bingley was obliged to convert the offer of the chaise into an invitation to remain at Netherfield for the present.
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