a small usu wooden house with a steeply sloping roof and widely overhanging eaves, common in rural Switzerland
a small house with a steeply sloping roof and widely overhanging eaves, esp a type of wooden house common in rural Switzerland
a small house or hut used esp for temporary accommodation, e.g. at a holiday camp
a hut used by herdsmen in the Alps
[French chalet, ultimately from Latin casa hut]