SHAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shay mean? 

• SHAY (noun)
  The noun SHAY has 1 sense:

1. a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse

  Familiarity information: SHAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chaise; shay

Hypernyms ("shay" is a kind of...):

carriage; equipage; rig (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)

Meronyms (parts of "shay"):

calash; calash top; caleche (the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage)

 Context examples 

Umble as I am, he wiped his hands harder, and looked at them and at the fire by turns, umble as my mother is, and lowly as our poor but honest roof has ever been, the image of Miss Agnes (I don't mind trusting you with my secret, Master Copperfield, for I have always overflowed towards you since the first moment I had the pleasure of beholding you in a pony-shay) has been in my breast for years.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)