Chalet

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chalet \Cha*let"\, n. [F.]
     1. A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland.
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              Chalets are summer huts for the Swiss herdsmen.
                                                    --Wordsworth.


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     2. A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains;
        any country house built in the style of the Swiss
        cottages.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chalet
       n : a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house
           built in this style