shay

CEFRC2

/ʃeɪ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A light two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A surname from Irish.

Examples

  • Shay burst out laughing when she heard the joke that David told.

  • 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.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

  2. A chaise.

More examples

In context

  • 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.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The vintage blank was pulled by two horses and had seats for four people.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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