shay
nomattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ʃeɪ//
A chaise.
nom
- 1
archaïqueA chaise.
The poſt-ſhay ſhall be at the door by ſix o'clock in the morning; and if Miſs Fanny does not get into it, vvhy I vvill, and ſo there's an end of the matter.
Master sent me over with the shay-cart, to carry your luggage up to the house. He’d ha’ sent some saddle-horses, but he thought you’d rather walk, being a cold day.
Étymologie
A back-formation from chaise (originally from French), with the /z/ of that word taken as the plural ending -s.
Formes
- pluriel
- shays