A hired carriage of a class superior to a hackney carriage. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hired carriage (20) remise1698 A hired carriage of a class superior to a hackney carriage. Obsolete. job coach1748 attributive. Hired or engaged by the job or for a limited time, not permanently retained or continuously employed, as job coach, job coachman, job gar… voiturin1768 A carriage for hire, a voiture. slap-bang coach1797 slap-bang coach (cf. 1785 at sense B. 1a). Obsolete. fly1818 A quick-travelling carriage. The name of a light vehicle, introduced at Brighton in 1816, and originally drawn or pushed by men; but a horse… fly-by-night1818 = fly, n.2 3b. fly-coach1818 = 3a. job1819 A job horse; a job carriage or coach. See compounds 1. Obsolete. fly-wagon1826 = 3a. horse-fly1826 A covered carriage drawn by a horse. (Subsequently simply fly.) Subcategories:— in India (4) — which returns to starting-place (2) — post-chaise (4) |
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