Definition of "chaise longue" [chaise longue]

• A reclining chair with a long seat that supports the outstretched legs. (noun)

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• "Thus, chaise longue has become, except for the very fewpurists, chaise lounge."
• "Kleph leaned backward on the chaise longue and reached toward the wall beside her."
• "Jack Stuart, the co-op's criminal law specialist, and Hank Zahn, my former boss, had just gone up there to remove my chaise longue and place it in Jack's van."