Cut to the Chaise

26Apr12

chaise longue [sheyz lawng, cheyz; Fr. shez lawng] noun, plural chaise longues, French chaises longues [shez lawng] a chair, with or without arms, for reclining, having a seatlengthened to form a complete leg rest and sometimes anadjustable back. What better way to while away the afternoon than relaxing with a good book in a chaise lounge?  Correctly spelled chaise longue, we here in the U.S. have misspelled it as lounge for so long that it is no longer deemed incorrect, so we’ve got that going for us, but […]

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Tags: Chaise Longue, Chaise Lounge