[F. chaise longue ‘long chair.’ In Ogilvie’s Dict. called chaise-lounge.] A kind of sofa with a rest for the back at one end only; a ‘couch,’ a ‘lounge.’
1813. [Catherine Cuthbertson]. Adelaide, II. 363. He reluctantly arose to attend the mother and daughter to a chaise longue; where he was placed between them.
1825. T. H. Lister, Granby, I. vii. (ed. 3), 101. Lady Elizabeth lay on a chaise-longue by them.
1826. Disraeli, Viv. Grey (1853), 338. Stiff or stretching, lounging on a chaise-longue.
1837. Marryat, Dog-fiend (1856), 194. What are now termed chaises longues, were drawn to the sides of the table.
1852. Miss Sewell, Exper. Life, xxxviii. (1857), 401. The addition of a chaise longue and an ottoman.
