Crossword clues for valise
valise
- Luggage item
- Carry-on bag
- Small suitcase
- Travel bag
- Exec's case
- Travelling bag
- Piece of hand luggage
- Overnight bag
- Overhead bin item
- Hand luggage
- Small travelling bag
- Small overnight bag
- Possible airline carry-on
- Overnighter's bag
- One on a carousel
- Not a major case
- Item of hand luggage
- Carousel traveler
- Bag
- Traveling bag
- Suitcase, old-style
- Piece of luggage carried by hand
- A small overnight bag for short trips
- Traveler's need
- Carrying bag
- Carry-on item
- Carry-on luggage
- Luggage piece
- Case of veal is lost
- Overnight case
- One's seen in valley in this case
- Slave travelling round island with small bag
- Small bag
- Travelling case
- Traveler's bag
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Valise \Va*lise"\, n. [F. valise; cf. It. valigia, Sp. balija, LL. valisia, valesia; of uncertain origin, perhaps through (assumed) LL. vidulitia, from L. vidulus a leathern trunk; a knapsack.] A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, "suitcase, soldier's kit bag," from Middle French valise (16c.), from Italian valigia, of uncertain origin. Attested in Medieval Latin forms valisia (early 15c.), valixia (late 13c.). "The name is generally given to a leather case of moderate size, opening wide on a hinge or like a portfolio ...." [Century Dictionary]
Wiktionary
n. A piece of hand luggage such as a suitcase or travelling bag.
WordNet
n. a small overnight bag for short trips
Usage examples of "valise".
Vers trois heures du matin on voulut bien encore le remplacer, et il monta a son cabinet ou, apres avoir retire habit et gilet, il atteignit une vieille valise en cuir, qui ne lui avait pas servi depuis quinze ans.
Clad in her clinging muslin chemise she opened the valise to take out her bedgown, then froze in dismay.
Opening his little safe, Brye took out a small valise and laid it on the workbench.
She had burdened Jenny, sitting on her other side, with the huge valise she required for one night ashore.
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street, and struck down toward the river, Dodger carrying the valise.
Two boys asked to carry his valise, but he shook his head till Dodger came round, and he engaged him right off.
Setting her valise at the back of the closet, she closed the door and glanced at the futon lying under the window.
Reaching into the valise, he removed a short-barreled pistol whose dull finish reminded Hayward more of plastic than metal.
Quand elle redescendit, elle trouva son pere, qui avait revetu ses vetements de tous les jours, en train de boucler sa valise.
Delft, where he had left his valise, Ned partook of a good meal, for he had taken nothing but a manchet of bread and a cup of wine since the previous night.
La tasse de cafe acceptee, le notaire voulut que le petit clerc portat la valise de son ancien camarade.
Rubens took two manuscripts out of his valise and handed one to Scaglia and another to Rockox.
As a result of the Dickensian excess the Yuletide always evoked in her soul, her baggage had evolved from a simple rucksack for easy cross-country hiking to a swarm of bulging valises and portmanteaus bought in Staddle High Street to contain her acquired freight of gifts.
She slid her hand into her valise and drew out the cloth bag that held her collection of shells, putting them one after another onto the dark drape of the cloak that covered her lap so she could touch the beguiling tropical contours.
His valise was left behind at the inn, for he proposed to return there in the evening, and had indeed bespoken for himself a snug little supper.