Meaning & use
shay
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A light, open horse-drawn carriage, typically with two wheels; a chaise.
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The old poem tells of a wonderful one-horse shay that lasted a hundred years.
Tourists rode through the old town in a shay pulled by a single horse.
A note on using this word
Shay is a dated alteration of 'chaise,' now encountered mainly in historical or literary contexts, such as Oliver Wendell Holmes's poem 'The Deacon's Masterpiece.'
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