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Settee vs Chaise - What's the difference?

settee | chaise |

As nouns the difference between settee and chaise

is that settee is a long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa or settee can be a vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used in the mediterranean while chaise is an open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.

settee

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa.
  • * 1954 , Alexander Alderson, The Subtle Minotaur , chapter 18:
    • The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees . There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah.
    See also
    * couch * divan * sofa

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) , (scitie).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean.

    • Anagrams

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    chaise

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.
  • * 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 22[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/22]
    • The next morning after breakfast, Joe put Merrylegs into the mistress's low chaise to take him to the vicarage; he came first and said good bye to us, and Merrylegs neighed to us from the yard.
  • A chaise longue.
  • A post chaise.
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