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chaise longue
(redirected from chaises longues)

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chaise longue  (shz lông)
n. pl. chaise longues or chaises longues (shz lông)
A reclining chair with a long seat that supports the outstretched legs.

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

chaise longue [ˈʃeɪz ˈlɒŋ (French) ʃɛz lɔ̃g]
n pl chaise longues, chaises longues [ˈʃeɪz ˈlɒŋ (French) ʃɛz lɔ̃g]
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a long low chair for reclining, with a back and single armrest
[from French: long chair]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chaise longuechaise longue - a long chair; for reclining          
chair - a seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"
Translations
chaise longue [ˈʃeɪzˈlɒŋ] N (chaise-longues (pl)) → tumbona f
chaise longue [ʃɛzlɔ̃g] nméridienne f
chaise longue
nChaiselongue f


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Highlights include an eye-catching headboard that can adapt to fit king, queen and twin-bed arrangements, plus leather covered chaises longues that double as daybeds if required.
Exactly whose vanity are we observing in this preponderance of exercise bikes or exercising bodies (and reflective surfaces) beached in Mobius landscapes (outnumbering the Perriand chaises longues by six to three)?
 
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