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post-coach|ˈpəʊstkəʊtʃ|
[f. post n.2 + coach n.]
A stage-coach used for carrying mails, a mail-coach; a stage-coach generally.
1673Lauderdale Papers (Camden) 69 The D. Hamilton and the E. of Tweedale..goe in coch to Belford, from thence on horsback to York, and from thence by the post-coch to London. 1685Royal Proclam. 7 Sept. in Lond. Gaz. No. 2068/1 That they presume not to set up any Foot-Post, Horse-Post, Post or Stage-Coach. 1787Hist. Europe ii. in Ann. Reg. 32/1 A common travelling post coach or two, with a couple of hired chaises. 1849N. & Q. 1st Ser. I. 33/1 A new post-coach had been set up which performed the journey to Bath in a single day. 1861Dickens Gt. Expect. xxxiii, We got into our post-coach and drove away. |