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CHAISE (the French for " chair," thro...
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Page 802
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See also:CHAISE (the See also:French for " See also:chair," through a transference from a "See also:sedan-chair" to a wheeled vehicle) , a See also:light two- or four-wheeled See also:carriage with a movable See also:hood or " See also:calash "; the " See also:post-See also:chaise " was the fast-travelling carriage of the 18th and See also:early 19th centuries . It was closed and four-wheeled for two or four horses and with the See also:driver See also:riding postillion . |
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