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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 802 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHAISE (the
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French for "
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chair," through a transference from a "
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sedan-chair" to a wheeled vehicle)  , a
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light two- or four-wheeled
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carriage with a movable
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hood or "
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calash "; the "
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post-
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chaise " was the fast-travelling carriage of the 18th and
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early 19th centuries . It was closed and four-wheeled for two or four horses and with the
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driver
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riding postillion .

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