Valise

Definition of valise:

part of speech: noun

A travelling- bag; portmanteau.

part of speech: noun

A travelling- bag, generally of leather, opening at the side: a portmanteau.

part of speech: noun

A traveling bag of leather, wicker, etc.

Usage examples for valise:

• Telzey took the empty valise to the window, set it on end against the left side of the frame, and let the window slide down until its lower edge rested on the valise "Novice", James H. Schmitz.

• And in another minute the valet entered the room with the valise dressing- case, and so forth. "The Lost Lady of Lone", E.D.E.N. Southworth.

• At the lodging house on Queen Street, where a large number of delegates had apartments, the discussions were heated at every meal, and at times so bitter that, at last, Mr. Birney packed his valise and sought more peaceful quarters. "Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897", Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

• He forgits everything that belongs to him but that old valise "Strangers and Wayfarers", Sarah Orne Jewett.