The name, in use in England before 1700, came from the French word chaise, meaning chair. The spelling shay is a colloquial variant of chaise, particularly in North America. A variant chay is slang and sometimes refers to other types of vehicle.

Design

The chaise is a two-wheeled carriage pulled by a single horse, usually with a chair-backed seat suitable for one or two persons. Felton writes that it is the finished look which dictates which type of chaise they are, but their

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