[Fr. = chase-tide, that which chases the tide: cf. CASHMARIE, which shows another of the French senses.] A coasting-vessel, generally lugger-rigged, used on the French side of the Channel.
1801. Hist. Europe, in Ann. Reg., 264/2. From Chasse Marées laden with salt.
1841. Marryat, Poacher, II. vii. 163. We perceived a fleet of small vessels, called chasse-marées (coasting luggers,) laden with wine, coming round.
1862. Ansted, Channel Isl., I. i. (ed. 2), 17. The subjoined cut represents the Chasse marée.
