Chaise

[6] The chaise is a two-wheeled carriage pulled by a single horse, usually with a chair-backed seat suitable for one or two persons.

[5]: 173 [4]: 295 [7]: 113 According to Berkebile, "The chaise was one of the most popular vehicles used in colonial America, and did not pass from the scene until mid-nineteenth century.

The body was either directly on the shafts or used leather thoroughbraces, or was constructed with wooden cantilever springs and braces which is thought to be an American development.

One memoirist writes of an early 19th century judge using "a vehicle, then generally called a chaise, or as a rustic would style it, a shay.

"[11] In economics, the term "one-hoss shay" is used, following the scenario in Holmes' poem, to describe a model of depreciation, in which a durable product delivers the same services throughout its lifetime before failing, or being retired, with no salvage value.