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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Chalet

/shăl'-āˌ/ · Cha·let · IPA /ˈʃæleɪ/
01 n. A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland.
  1. 1.
    A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland.
    Chalets are summer huts for the Swiss herdsmen.” Wordsworth.
  2. 2.
    A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.