Shay Meaning
/ʃeɪ/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA chaise.
nameA surname from Irish.
Sentence Examples
Shay burst out laughing when she heard the joke that David told.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The vintage ____ was pulled by two horses and had seats for four people.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old ____ was a light two-wheeled carriage popular in the eighteenth century.
Word Origin & History
A back-formation from chaise (originally from French), with the /z/ of that word taken as the plural ending -s.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 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, Act IV, scene i, page 57:
"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."
— 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XXVIII, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The vintage ____ was pulled by two horses and had seats for four people.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old ____ was a light two-wheeled carriage popular in the eighteenth century.