Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A reclining chair with a long seat that supports the outstretched legs.

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  • noun A reclining chair with a long seat, which can support the outstretched legs of a sitter normally with one armrest.

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  • noun a long chair; for reclining

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French : chaise, chair + longue, long.]

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Borrowing from French chaise longue ("long chair"), from French chaise ("chair") + longue ("long")

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  • This another regularly mangled customer in its guise as 'chaise lounge'.

    November 22, 2007

  • Yes, but Dictionary.com dates "chaise lounge" from about 1790. Not bad for a misspelling--or should I say anglicisation? ;)

    November 22, 2007

  • Goodness me. What a long and lonely vigil for the pedants on this one.

    November 22, 2007