shay

See also: Shay

English

One horse shay, circa 1910.

Etymology

A back-formation from chaise (originally from French), with the /z/ of that word taken as the plural ending -s.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ʃeɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪ
Homophone: chez

Noun

shay (plural shays)

(archaic) A chaise.
- 1766, George Colman; David Garrick, The Clandestine Marriage, a Comedy. […], London: […] T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, […]; R[oberts] Baldwin, […]; R. Davis, […]; and T[homas] Davies, […], OCLC 1154871270, Act IV, scene i, page 57:
- 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XXVIII, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, OCLC 28228280:
  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.

Translations

chaise — see chaise

Anagrams

Hays, SYHA, ashy, hays, yahs

Zaghawa

Noun

shay

tea

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