chalet
noun/ˈʃæleɪ/
Etymology Borrowed from French chalet, from Franco-Provençal çhalè (“herdsman's hut in the mountains”).
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An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves.
- Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.2013 January 23, Brian Hayes, “Father of Fractals”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 62:
- “I know that Perdita spends the offseason at her chalet in Gstaad, and that her mansion would be empty. And the perfect place to teach you all a valuable lesson about the importance of being nice to people who maybe aren't part of your core group but who have done a lot of nice things for you and yet you still treat them like shit.”2023 August 31, William Meny & Paul Simms, “A Weekend at Morrigan Manor” (17:20 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 9, spoken by The Guide (Kristen Schaal):
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Singapore A recreational lodge or small house within the grounds of a resort or country club dedicated to the uniformed services, used for events, staycations and other social gatherings.