"shay" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃeɪ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shay.wav [Southern-England] Forms: shays [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: A back-formation from chaise (originally from French), with the /z/ of that word taken as the plural ending -s. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|chaise|nocap=1}} back-formation from chaise, {{uder|en|fr|-}} French, {{m|en|-s|id=regular plural}} -s Head templates: {{en-noun}} shay (plural shays)
  1. (archaic) A chaise. Wikipedia link: one-horse shay Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Carriages

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for shay meaning in English (2.1kB)

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