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单词 coach
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coachn.adv.

Brit. /kəʊtʃ/, U.S. /koʊtʃ/, Australian English /koʊtʃ/
Forms: 1500s cochee, 1500s cooche, 1500s coyche, 1500s koache, 1500s koche, 1500s–1600s coache, 1500s–1600s coatche, 1500s–1600s coch, 1500s–1600s coche, 1500s–1700s coatch, 1500s– coach, 1600s cosche; also Scottish pre-1700 choch, pre-1700 coche, pre-1700 coich, pre-1700 coiche, pre-1700 coische, pre-1700 coishe, pre-1700 cosch, pre-1700 cosche, pre-1700 coshe, pre-1700 cotch, pre-1700 cotche, pre-1700 cotsche, pre-1700 kotch, pre-1700 1700s coch.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French coche.
Etymology: < Middle French, French coche horse-drawn carriage (1545), ultimately < Hungarian kocsi in the same sense (1469), use as noun of the adjective kocsi of Kocs ( < Kocs , the name of a town in Hungary where vehicles were produced + -i , suffix forming adjectives), perhaps originally short for kocsiszekér Kocs wagon. Compare quitch n.3 and perhaps tutch n.Parallels in other languages. Hungarian kocsi was probably transmitted into French via Italian (regional: Venetian) cochio (Italian cocchio ; 1478 or earlier) and German Kutsche , †Gutsche , †Kotsche , †Gotsche , †Kutze (16th cent.). The word was borrowed into most of European languages: compare Czech †kočí , †koč , Old Polish koczi (1526 in Latin context; Polish kocz (17th cent.)), Dutch †coetse , †cotsie , koets (1536), Spanish coche (1548). Compare also, in phrasal constructions, post-classical Latin currus kochy (from 1494 in Hungarian sources), cocius currus (1499), Italian †caretta da Cozj (1487), †carro da cocia (1501), German Kutschwagen (mid 16th cent. as Gutschwagen ), †Kotschi Wagen (1518), Dutch koetswagen (1599 in Kilian, as koets-waghen ), Czech kočí vůz (1599), Old Polish kotczy wóz (16th cent.). Semantic history. The extended use in branch A. II. is apparently based on the idea of a vehicle as a means of reaching one's destination or goal. Compare pony n.1 4, horse n. 13, trot n.1 5, and perhaps cab n.4 Specific sense. In sense A. 2 perhaps instead originally a variant of couch n.1; compare sense 8 (and also earlier sense 1d) at that entry.
A. n.
I. A A wheeled vehicle designed for carrying passengers, and related senses.
1.
a. A large kind of horse-drawn carriage; spec. (a) (esp. in 16th and 17th cent.) a carriage designed for elegance and comfort kept either for ceremonial purposes by royalty, state officers, etc., or by people of wealth and high social status for travel and recreation; (b) (later chiefly) a closed four-wheeled carriage designed to carry several fare-paying passengers, typically on lengthy journeys. Now chiefly historical. Frequently with modifier, as in hackney coach n., mail coach n. 1, stagecoach n., etc.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hired coach
coach1556
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > covered > coach
coach1556
coach-carriage1688
quitcha1693
leathern convenience1699
coach-wagona1720
1556 P. Hoby Let. 1 July in J. W. Burgon Life & Times Sir T. Gresham (1839) I. App. xx. 483 Peradventure my Lady..cannot ride. Therto will I provide this remedy,—to sende her my coche.
c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 72 My Lord Arrane was convoyijt in the quenis graces cosche.
1665 S. Pepys Diary 19 Mar. (1972) VI. 60 Mr. Povy and I in his coach to Hide parke, being the first day of the Tour there.
1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle ii. 13 I'le go hire a Coach, and into the Country immediately.
1706 tr. Present State Europe Dec. 534 Next came the King and the Princess Royal..in his Majesty's State-Coach.
a1817 J. Austen Watsons in Wks. (1954) VI. 314 The Edward's were people of fortune..and kept their coach.
1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career xviii. 312 She caught a glimpse of the Crampton coach as it drove into the village, raising its usual cloud of dust.
1904 3rd Ann. Rep. Exec. Secretary to Civil Governor (Philippines Exec. Bureau) 491 He..drives in a yellow coach with good Australian horses, well-liveried coachmen and footmen.
2016 Pacific Coast Philol. 51 144 The Viceroy's coach, drawn by elegant black horses, rolls past his palace.
†b. The passengers of a horse-drawn carriage. In fixed phrases such as the coach dines. Obsolete.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > the people in a coach
coachc1840
coach-load1857
1713 Post Boy 17–19 Mar. The Canterbury-Coaches dine at the said Inn.
1783 Peggy & Patty I. 70 The coach..stopped..to take up an old..woman, who..came with us as far as this place, where the coach sleeps this night.
1894 Baily's Mag. July 41/1 We quickly come to the Burford Bridge Hotel, where the ‘Rocket’ stops and the ‘coach dines,’ as the old phrase ran.
2. Nautical. A cabin near the stern of a large ship, esp. a warship, usually occupied by a captain or officer. Now historical.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > cabin > for captain or superior officers
coach1660
state room1660
state cabin1736
aftercabin1787
aft-cabin1806
cuddy1917
1660 S. Pepys Diary 3 May (1970) I. 123 The commanders all came on board, and the council set in the coach.
1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 304 Swab the Coach fore and aft.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 107 Coach or couch. An apartment before the captain's cabin.
1959 P. O'Brian Unknown Shore (1996) v. 110 The surgeon's cabin was against the bulkhead of the coach, on the starboard side.
2020 J. McKay Sovereign of Seas ix. 55/1 The coach was located aft on the poop deck.
3. Originally: a closed railway carriage for first-class passengers. Now: any railway carriage; esp. a passenger carriage.Cf. wagon n. 5b.Beginning in the first half of the 20th cent. sometimes also used to indicate economy class aboard trains in the United States (see quot. 1939). Cf. sense A. 5.Now less usual than carriage in the U.K. and car in North America.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers
steam-carriage1788
railway carriage1824
carriage1825
railroad carriage1826
railroad car1829
railroad coach1829
rail carriage1831
coach1832
passenger car1832
steam-car1833
passenger carriage1838
passenger coach1841
day coach1869
bogie1919
clockwork orange1978
1825 Chester Chron. 7 Oct. Tickets were distributed to the number of near 300, for those which it was intended should occupy the coach and waggons.
1887 C. B. George 40 Years on Rail (1888) iv. 67 The train consisted of a baggage-car and two passenger coaches.
1939 Washington Post 31 Jan. 19/2 An individual can purchase a grand-circle coach ticket for $90, or a first-class ticket for $135.
1976 Times 13 Nov. 11/1 Trains in China are made up of classless coaches.
2017 Times of India (Nexis) 19 Nov. As the train halts only for two minutes, we boarded the coach in front of us as soon as it stopped.
4. A comfortably equipped motor bus designed for long journeys. Cf. motor coach n. (a) at motor n. and adj. Compounds 1c.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > omnibus > motor-driven > single-decker
service car1916
coach1923
motor coach1923
1905 Sandusky (Ohio) Daily Reg. 18 Jan. 5/2 The coach, which is now being displayed in Cleveland, will carry 25 people.
1930 Pop. Mech. Nov. 713/2 English omnibuses are being decorated with scenic paintings, most of them depicting points of interest along the route traveled by the coaches.
1976 Sunday Tel. 30 May 1/6 Sixteen old-age pensioners were injured..when a coach from Dundee crashed over an embankment.
2020 Bolton News (Nexis) 22 Sept. A coach full of tourists turned up at one of the hotels along the seafront.
5. Originally and chiefly U.S. Originally: a commercial aircraft designed to accommodate more passengers at a cheaper rate (now rare). Later (as a mass noun): economy or tourist class aboard an aircraft; (also) accommodation provided to passengers in this class. Cf. sense B.See also day coach n. 2b, night coach n. (b) at night n. and int. Compounds 4.
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society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [noun] > class of accommodation
tourist class1936
economy1958
economy class1958
tourist1976
club class1978
cattle class1983
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > class of passenger accommodation
first class1841
second class1844
third class1844
tourist1936
tourist class1936
business class1962
society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > aircraft for goods or passengers
liner1905
tramp1905
airliner1908
taxi1909
taxi plane1909
air ferry1916
air freighter1919
passenger plane1919
air taxi1920
freighter1920
flying boxcar1932
ferry1939
shuttle plane1944
day coach1945
feeder liner1946
charter1959
night coach1959
1951 N.Y. Times 20 May (Travel section) 31/2 National and Eastern fly coaches to Miami, Capital and Chicago.
1954 Barron's National Business & Financial Weekly 27 Dec. 9/4 Further gains in coach probably will reduce unit revenues.
1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking ii. 153 Another airline has computer games on the backs of seats, even in coach.
2018 Internat. Business Times News (Nexis) 12 Jan. The airline has aimed to set itself apart from its competitors through..additional leg room for passengers seated in coach.
6. The bodywork or outer shell of a motor vehicle; = coachwork n. 1b.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork
auto body1904
bodywork1908
skin1921
shell1937
1961 Times 1 Aug. 1/3 (advt.) Wanted.—Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost or Phantom 1... Condition of chassis and coach, motor serial number, picture and history if possible.
1996 CNN News (transcript of TV programme) (Nexis) 4 Jan. You could get all kinds of custom work to anything on the coach of the car.
2013 M-brain Sweden News (Nexis) 18 Oct. 39 The battery is built into the coach of the car, saving volume and weight.
II. A person providing training or instruction, and related senses.
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a. Originally University slang. A private tutor who prepares a student for an examination. Now rare.In later use difficult to distinguish from sense A. 7d.See also cram-coach n. at cram- comb. form 2, pass coach n.
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society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > professional teacher > tutor
tutor1398
creancer?1478
governor1485
schoolmaster?1500
under-tutor1699
tutorer1824
coach1848
1836 E. Caswall Pluck Exam. Papers 26 It is said by a man, that he has ‘just taken such a coach to help him through his small’.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. vi. 96 Warham, who was studying for India with a Wancester ‘coach’.
1885 A. Edwardes Girton Girl I. ix. 182 A coach, conscientiously minded to get his man..through Previous.
1942 Times 20 Jan. 2/4 He had been one of the best students in the School of Modern Languages and had been engaged as a coach.
b. Originally: a person who trains or instructs others for a university boat race. Later more generally: a person who trains or instructs others for a sport or athletic competition. Frequently with modifier denoting a particular sport.Now sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense A. 7c in North American English.See also ice-skating coach, track coach n.
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society > leisure > sport > training > [noun] > coach
trainer1807
coach1885
player-coach1932
player-trainer1956
personal trainer1993
1846 Bell's Life in London 17 May 6/2 Then comes Trinity, whose crew, under the keen supervision of that excellent ‘coach’, Noulton, have been making daily progress.
1888 F. Harrison in 19th Cent. Nov. 645 To call in professional ‘coaches’ to teach the defence of the wicket.
1926 Woman Citizen Sept. 26/2 An experienced swimming coach lays the recent athletic achievements of women to their new freedom of dress.
1981 Times 23 Jan. 13/8 Thoughtful coaches hold that efficient rugby stems from the correct application of ‘body mechanics’.
2017 Independent (Nexis) 26 June As everyone's childhood tennis coach taught them: keep your eyes on the ball.
c. A person who trains, instructs, or manages a sports team. Later also: one of several coaches that works with a sports team in a specified capacity; spec. a coach who trains or instructs players in a specific skill or aspect of their sport. Frequently with modifier denoting a particular sport, league, team, etc. Cf. manager n. 4b.Sometimes also applied to a person in charge of a team that competes in other types of competitions. Cf. quot. 1991 at sense A. 7c(a).See also bench coach n., football coach n., goalie coach, goalkeeping coach, goaltending coach, head coach n., player-coach n., team coach n.
(a) In general use.
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1884 S. Austral. Weekly Chron. 13 Dec. (Late ed.) 15/5 Mr. George Goodfellow, the coach of the cricket team.
1915 C. Mathewson Catcher Craig xxii. 278 Mr. Talbot, the high school coach.
1985 Boston Globe 12 Sept. 29 First base coach..Tommy Helms low-fived him, Steve Garvey..shook his hand.
1991 Weekly World News 23 Apr. 45 A debate coach went berserk when he found out his star student hadn't been preparing for an important tournament.
2008 Chicago Tribune 2 Apr. (Midwest Final ed.) iv. 1/3 His lead-dog spot as Marquette's basketball coach.
(b) North American. As a form of address or title (typically) preceding a name.
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1895 N.-Y. Times 2 Dec. i. 3/2 (heading) Coach Woodruff tells of Pennsylvania's football team.
1939 Washington Post 30 Jan. 13 ‘Don't kid me, coach,’ said the dazed youngster. ‘I didn't play the second half.’
1997 Slam Apr. 19/2 Coach said that we had to do full-court suicides.
2018 S. Markley Ohio 51 They were..talking hoops,..Bill explaining how Coach Napier was going to have him play a two guard even though he had height.
d. More generally: an instructor or trainer in a particular (non-athletic) activity, field, or context. In early use esp. in the performing arts.Somewhat rare before late 20th cent.See also labour coach n., vocal coach n., voice coach n.
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1888 ‘F. Anstey’ Burglar Bill Introd. 3 They are accompanied by suggestions and stage directions that should render an Elocution Coach altogether superfluous.
1957 Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 23 Apr. 4/5 Drama coach Lee Strasberg is a NY Giant fan.
1996 Esquire Jan. 71/2 His dialect coach, Nadia Vanesse, comes in..to warn Hopkins against ‘forward t sounds’ and other Briticisms.
2018 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Nov. Are you a university or college student, have you ever hired a coach or tutor to help out?
e. Frequently with modifier and in business and management contexts: a person who gives professional or personal advice in areas such as time management and career advancement.See also life coach n.
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1971 Technol. & Culture 12 132 The section..points up the needed distinction between experts and executives as well as introducing the concept of an executive coach to bridge the gap.
1990 World Outside: Career Guide 119/1 Since qualifying, as part of Frank's career and on-going personal development, he is mentor, coach, and trainer to a group of Actuarial trainees.
2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 5 Dec. b1/1 Don..began interviewing for a job as a career coach for a human-resources consultancy late last year.
2020 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 25 Aug. b4/6 Britain will invest about $1 billion into job centers and double the number of work coaches, to 27,000, to help claimants get back to work.
8. Australian. A tame cow, mare, etc., used as a decoy in catching wild cattle or horses; = coacher n. 4. Now rare.Coacher is the more common term in this sense.In quot. 1869 probably a typographical error for coachers.
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1869 Sydney Morning Herald 16 Mar. 5/1 Some stockmen who were in search of wild cattle in the mountains, had with them a small lot of quiet cattle as decoys or coaches.]
1873 W. H. L. Ranken Dominion Austral. vi. 110 To get them [sc. wild cattle], a party of stockmen take a small herd of quiet cattle, ‘coaches’.
1933 Land (Sydney) 1 Dec. 10/2 When the strongholds were contiguous to a small plain or a clear valley, some quiet old coaches were driven into the space and the stockmen hid in the scrub near by.
2008 S. McCorry Diamonds & Dust (e-book ed.) When you spread the coaches out and run the wild cattle into them, they act as a buffer.
B. adv.
U.S. As a passenger in economy or tourist class aboard an aircraft. Chiefly in to fly coach. Cf. sense A. 5.
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society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [adverb] > class of accommodation
coach1949
1949 A.S.T.A. Trav. News Dec. 17/1 The cost of flying air coach passengers is small compared with the cost of flying regular passengers. When you travel air coach your only reservation is your ticket and you are served no meals.]
1955 San Francisco Examiner 19 June 3/1 Setting a public example in economy for all U.N. personnel, Hammarskjold insists on flying coach.
1997 Vanity Fair Apr. 220/2 He and his CNN executives have always traveled coach.
2019 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 June b13 Japan's women's team had to fly coach to the 2012 London Olympics while the men's team flew business class on the same jet.

Phrases

P1. to take coach: to travel by horse-drawn carriage. Now rare (only in historical contexts).
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1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe iii. sig. D3 Come sweete Mistresse Gazer, lets watch here, and see my Lady Flashe take coach.
a1689 A. Behn Unfortunate Happy Lady (1698) 24 Sir William took Coach with his Sister.
a1743 J. Cannon Chrons. (2010) I. 125 So taking coach as before, we set forward.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xii. 266 When they reached London in pursuance of their little plan, they took coach and drove westward.
1938 Music & Lett. 19 190 He did not go straight to Leipzig, but took coach to Giessen.
2002 Great Circle 24 65 On her first-ever ‘journey’, she and James take coach to Yorkshire to meet her father-in-law.
P2.
a. With and plus a numeral specifying the number of horses by which the coach is drawn, as in coach and four, coach and six, etc. Now historical.Cf. four adj. 2c, six adj. 2d, etc.
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1625 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) I. 25 All their coaches furnished with six horses, which comes altogether now in fashion.]
1668 C. Sedley Mulberry-garden iv. i. 49 It is no small part Of our felicity, to have that Lord send his Coach and Six to carry 'um to the Park.
1725 G. Vertue Note-bks. (1930) I. 1 A Page..at Lester House with a coach and four to convey us first to Kew.
1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. vi. 304 Old Nick himself in a coach and two;..the Archbishop of Canterbury on the box; St. Peter and Whitfield outriding.
1879 Examiner 23 Aug. 5/2 I shall be able to keep a coach and three.
1964 M. Kurland & C. Anderson Ten Years to Doomsday iv. 32 He described the development of transportation from the coach and four of baroque days to the faster-than-light spacecraft of the present.
2007 Guardian (Nexis) 15 Oct. (Final ed.) 9 The Greendale Oak..had a natural split that was widened..after the owner bet that he could drive a coach and six through one of his noble trees.
b. coach and pair: a coach (sense A. 1a) drawn by a pair of horses. Now chiefly historical.
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1655 Rules, Direct. & By-laws made by Court of Aldermen City of London, for Regulation Hackney Coachmen 13 Every person..shall..pay unto the Treasurer..forty shillings for every Hackney Coach and pair of horses that he..shall be so admitted to keep.]
1726 E. Carter Artificer's Looking-glass 43 The Coach and Pair, which her Imagination had suggest to draw her thither.
1853 Leisure Hour 1 Sept. 564/2 With [the cab and the omnibus].., [the London public] are better served in the article of locomotion than they would be if every man of them kept his coach and pair.
1975 Daily Tel. 26 Nov. 16/4 Sir John..drove to Olympia at the reins of a coach and pair.
2007 Church Times 7 Sept. 14/3 Dean Church's wife, in the 19th century, caused a minor scandal by driving out with a coach and pair instead of the accustomed four.
P3. British and Irish English.
a. Used (often hyperbolically) in phrases referring to the large size of a space, hole, etc., as in room enough to turn a coach and six in.
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1649 ‘Mercurius Elencticus’ 1st Pt. Last Wil & Test. Philip Earle of Pembrooke sig. A3 I'de rather go to hel, or purgatory, where there's room enough for a coach and six horses to turn, then be mew'd up under ground.
1684 T. Otway Atheist v. 74 Is not there a Hole in my belly, that you may turn a Coach and six in?
1793 St. James's Chron. 18 Apr. The Mansion..in which..its former possessor..boasted that he could turn a coach and four.
1818 Morning Post 31 Oct. The kitchen is of a vast size, sufficiently capacious to turn a coach and six in.
1913 E. Gülcher tr. C. Blennerhassett Sidelights 94 With fearful cries the riders of the second column rode over the first, although there was space enough between them to turn a coach and eight.
2016 S. Phipps Molly Keane (e-book ed.) The hall, large enough to turn a coach and four in, had an elegant cantilevered staircase rising from it.
b. to drive a coach and horses through and variants: to make something ineffective, esp. a law, policy, etc., typically by exploiting its loopholes.
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1691 W. King State Protestants of Ireland 63 He was..often heard to say..that he would drive a Coach and Six Horses through the Act of Settlement.
1797 Henry Somerville II. xvi. 14 There never was an act of parliament made but a good whip could drive a coach and six through it.
1882 F. Pollock in Macmillan's Mag. 46 364 The art of driving a coach and four through an Act of Parliament was then practised with far more boldness than is possible now.
1997 Daily Mail 27 Mar. 75/5 They tried to drive a coach and horses through the situation and, as far as I'm concerned, justice has been done.
2020 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 6 Mar. 39 Clever barristers can drive a coach-and-four through the thickets of the law.

Compounds

C1. As a modifier, designating a horse used to pull a coach, as in coach jade, coach mare, coach steed, etc. Now historical.Cf. coach horse n. 1.
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1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. iii. sig. E3v Coach Iades, and Dogges, are coupled still together.
1728 Stamford Mercury 14 Mar. 88/1 To be Sold, Four season'd Coach Mares..either with Harness or without.
1857 Spirit of Times 12 Sept. 367/3 Coach Stallion, 6 years old, rich bay, with black legs.
1904 J. Tozier Among Eng. Inns (1907) ii. 62 They made great jokes with the driver about the sober coach steeds.
2018 P. Edwards Horses & Aristocratic Lifestyle in Early Mod. Eng. vi. 138 Two of her coach geldings were grazing at Beighton.
C2. With participles, agent nouns, and verbal nouns, forming compounds in which coach (in sense A. 1a) expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in coach-builder, coach-drawer, coach-maker, coach-making, coach-painter, coach-riding, etc. Now chiefly historical.Recorded earliest in coach driver n.Cf. coachbuilding n., coach-built adj.
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1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 114 The coche driuer dyd what he could possible at the first to staye them, by holding in the raynes.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Carrocchiero, a coche-man, a coche-maker.
1615 E. Howes Stow's Annales (new ed.) 867/2 They [sc. coaches] grew vsuall among the nobilitie..and within twenty yeeres became a great trade of coach-making.
1693 London Gaz. No. 2845/4 Coach-Painter in Ordinary to H.M.
1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Jan. 143 The shillings of which it is proposed to rob the coach-riding public..the public may be robbed of a shilling in their coach-riding.
1849 in R. Southey Common-place Bk. 2nd Ser. 639/1 (heading) Stags as coach-drawers.
1974 D. J. Smith Discovering Horse-drawn Carriages vi. 29 Mail-coaches were hired to the Government and constructed by a firm of coach-builders known as John Vidler and Company.
2018 Cowra (New S. Wales) Guardian (Nexis) 2 Feb. 11 Coach makers, horse breeders and ostlers found themselves looking for new careers as Henry Ford started to build petrol driven cars.
C3. With reference to vehicles (in senses A. 1a, A. 3, and A. 4).Before the 20th cent. usually with reference to horse-drawn coaches; subsequently chiefly with reference to train cars or motor coaches.
a. As a modifier, designating parts of a coach, as in coach-body, coach-boot, coach-door, coach-roof, coach-top.See also coach-box n., coach horn n., coach lamp n., coach lock n., coach treats n., coach wheel n., , etc.
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1608 T. Heywood Rape of Lucrece sig. B2v Twould doe me good To wash my Coach-nailes in my fathers blood.
a1691 P. Skippon Acct. Journey Low-Countries in Churchill's Coll. Voy. (1732) VI. 567/2 In the middle of the coach-roof was a looking-glass.
1695 W. Granvill tr. G. de Courtilz de Sandras Polit. Test. Jean Baptist Colbert xv. 317 We should send thither three Millions every year, to buy Looking Glasses and Coach-Glasses.
1696 P. Ayres Revengeful Mistress 172 He twice saw the Page, who had his Hand on the Coach Boot..give the Coach-man orders to drive on faster.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 226 Received at his coach door by four gentlemen, two pages, and a harbinger.
1797 C. Prentiss Coll. Fugitive Ess. 162 He stops, and John, than light' ning faster, Let down the coach steps for his master.
1805 W. Felton Treat. Carriages (ed. 3) I. Introd. p. xviii Coach-harness makers.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xlviii. 67 ‘How are you, Christopher?’ croaked the dwarf from the coach-top.
1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 174/1 He is a coach-body maker by business.
1907 Dakota Huronite (Huron, S. Dakota) 26 Sept. (heading) Coach roof blown off. Reading passenger train runs into wind storm.
1999 Financial Times 9 Oct. 2/1 Virgin is confident the new aluminium tilting trains..will be safe, in spite of the concerns about aluminium coach bodies raised by the Paddington crash.
2009 Musical Times Autumn 61 Her arm was so badly lacerated from broken glass in the coach window that for some time it was feared that amputation would be necessary.
b. As a modifier, with reference to travel by coach, as in coach fare, coach hire, coach passenger, coach ride, etc.See also coach line n. 1, coach road n., coach station n., coachway n., etc.
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1621 J. Taylor Motto sig. B8v So much for Coach-hire, so much for a whore, With Item not three half-pence to the poore.
1711 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 247 Three shillings coach-hire to-day.
1821 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 8 Dec. 1384 A common coach-passenger room.
1839 C. Dickens Let. 1 Mar. (1965) I. 515 The money for the coach-fares and road expences will be paid by you and Mitton.
1849 T. Carlyle Let. 2 Sept. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1995) XXIV. 210 Nervous system all ‘dadded about’ by Coach travel.
1884 Graphic 21 June 606/2 There was a great coach procession to Westminster Hall, with gentlemen riding on horseback between the carriages.
1976 J. Lukasiewicz Railway Game 275 Pillows were provided to coach passengers.
1989 Holiday Which? Sept. 158/1 BCC (the Bus and Coach Council) has a bonding scheme for coach holidays.
2019 K. Hudson Lowborn x. 76 On that endless coach ride down to London we stopped at some motorway services and an older man bought us a tartan travel blanket.
C4. Nautical. As a modifier (in sense A. 2), as in coach deck, coach table, etc.
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1660 S. Pepys Diary 26 May (1970) I. 159 I dined commander at the Coach table to-day.
1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 450/2 A shallow boat with raised coach roof.
2020 J. McKay Sovereign of Seas xii. 95/1 This flag indicates that the King is on board; he is shown sitting on the coach deck.
C5. As a modifier, preceded by a numeral, forming adjectives designating a train having a specified number of cars.
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1873 Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Times 19 June The Bellevue musical society have chartered a seven coach train to bring them to and from the Saengerfest.
1972 Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 2/5 A three-coach train was derailed..when it ploughed into a herd of cattle at 60 mph.
1995 N. Whittaker Platform Souls (1996) xvii. 147 Apart from one or two nine-year-olds out for the ride with Dad, the whole 12-coach train was full of grown-ups.
2004 Independent 28 Sept. 18/5 The nine-coach Royal Scot train developed a possible fault in the wheel set of its lead carriage.
C6. Originally and chiefly U.S. As a modifier (in sense A. 5), as in coach class, coach section, etc.
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society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [adjective] > class of accommodation
coach1948
1948 Alton (Illinois) Evening Tel. 19 Aug. 16/3 Viking Air Transport and Airline Transport Carriers, have petitioned C.A.B. for certificates which would permit them to run their bargain ‘coach’ service.
1953 N.Y. Times 20 Sept. ii. 26X A uniform penalty system for coach passengers who ‘no-show’.
1973 Black Panther 20 Oct. 11/2 There was a gaping, smoking rent between first class and the coach section.
1994 Amer. Spectator Apr. 57/1 We had a tiny coach meal, and then saw an almost unbelievably bad movie about football.
2014 New Yorker (Nexis) 3 Nov. 52 The food in coach class on airplanes has grown steadily worse.
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coach bolt n. chiefly British any of various bolts used in coach-building; spec. (in later use) a large bolt for fastening wood, having a square collar below a domed head to prevent it from turning as the nut is tightened on it; cf. carriage bolt n.Because their design makes loosening possible from only one side, coach bolts are often used in locks, hinges, and other secure fixings.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > bolt > types of
round bolt1582
ringbolt1599
pikebolt1622
rag bolt1625
set-bolt1627
clinch-bolta1642
eyebolt1649
clinch1659
screw-bolt1690
king bolt1740
wrain-bolt1750
wraining-bolt1769
toggle-bolt1794
strap-bolt1795
wring-bolt1815
through-bolt1821
truss-bolt1825
slip-stopper1831
stud bolt1838
anchor bolt1839
king rod1843
joint bolt1844
spade-bolt1850
shackle-bolt1852
roof bolt1853
set-stud1855
coach bolt1869
truss-rod1873
fox-bolt1874
garnish-bolt1874
fang-bolt1876
stud1878
U bolta1884
rock bolt1887
hook bolt1899
tower bolt1911
explosive bolt1948
1826 Hampshire Chron. & Southampton Courier 20 Feb. The Ironmongery comprises a quantity of..coach bolts, axes, hammers, &c.
1991 Woodturning Winter 18/1 The bearers are bolted on on either side with two 10mm 3/ 8″ diameter coach bolts.
2021 Timaru (N.Z.) Herald (Nexis) 15 Sept. 2 One of the veranda posts was starting to lift off, so we secured it with big coach bolts.
coach-bolted adj. fastened or held by means of one or more coach bolts.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [adjective] > with bolt
coach-bolted1957
1957 Archit. Rev. 122 256/1 The whole platform is surrounded by a deep softwood trimmer, coach-bolted to the platform.
1991 Pract. Householder Apr. 11/2 The panels are all coach bolted together.
2021 Grimsby Tel. (Nexis) 28 Feb. 11 Ensure hinges are coach bolted and cannot be removed.
coach-book n. now historical a book in which passengers, parcels, etc., to be conveyed by hackney coach or stagecoach are recorded, typically so that sufficient space or seating may be arranged for or reserved; = stagecoach book Cf. book v. 3.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > operation of stagecoaches > book in which records are kept
coach-book1679
1679 Tryals Sir G. Wakeman, W. Marshall, W. Rumley, & J. Corker 23 I went the fourth of September, as the Coach Book will make it appear.
1776 She is & she is Not 94 On inspecting the coach-books, he found a place taken for the 27th of March, 1764, by a Mrs. Crosback.
1832 Caledonian Mercury 23 Apr. I had the curiosity to count the number of lines on a page of one of these coach books, and found they [sc. charges of booking] amounted to 49.
1900 F. Rogers Man. Coaching xix. 455 The coach book should be open for the entire season to anyone who chooses to select a date and to pay.
1976 Hist. Workshop Spring 187 To book a place on this coach it was necessary to..pay a deposit of half the fare to a book-keeper who entered one's name in a coach-book.
coachbuilding n. (originally) the construction of a horse-drawn coach (now historical); (in later use) the construction of the body of a motor vehicle.Earliest with reference to the construction of a children's toy.Prior to the 1950s, motor vehicles were typically manufactured with a body that was separable from the underlying chassis and running gear, allowing for greater customization. With the introduction of the unibody (unibody n.), the practice of coach-building became a much rarer, luxury service.
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?1785 D. Kilner Rotchfords II. 41 I cannot go on with my coach-building whilst you sit there.
1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. Introd. p. v The different branches appertaining to coach-building.
1894 Amer. Lumber in Foreign Markets (U.S. Dept. of State Bureau of Statistics, Special Consular Rep. XI) 114 American hickory and ash are largely used for coach building in this country, and give the greatest satisfaction.
1950 Irish Times 24 Jan. 1/4 400 of their members, employed at the C.I.E. coach building works at Inchicore, who have been on strike for more than a week.
2005 Road & Track Nov. 18/1 They're bringing back the art of handcrafted coachbuilding, meaning putting an expressive new body on an existing car.
coach-built adj. (of the body or upper part of a vehicle) (originally) completely constructed from wood or a wooden framework (now historical); (in later use) (chiefly British) specially or individually built.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [adjective] > type of body
coach-built1904
unibody1959
semi-monocoque1966
1876 Glasgow Herald 26 Apr. 7/3 (advt.) Perambulators and invalid chairs, Coach-built.
1932 ‘N. Shute’ Lonely Road ii. 23 Your head must have gone very nearly through the roof... You must consider yourself very fortunate that it was not a coach-built body.
1998 Funeral Service Jrnl. July 28 (advt.) With over 50 years coachbuilding experience, conversions based on Mercedes Benz vehicles, individually coachbuilt to exact requirements.
2014 Radio Times 22 Feb. (South/West ed.) 72/3 Jeremy Clarkson celebrates the return of the hand-crafted, coach-built car with a trip to Italy to drive the Alfa Romeo-based Touring Disco Volante.
coach-carriage n. now historical and rare a horse-drawn coach; (in later use also) a railway carriage.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > covered > coach
coach1556
coach-carriage1688
quitcha1693
leathern convenience1699
coach-wagona1720
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 340/1 A Coach Carriage..ought to have but one Pole.
1796 D. Lysons Environs London IV. App. 647 A boat made of one piece of entire fir, covered with an awning, mounted on a coach-carriage, and drawn by six horses.
1897 N.Y. Times 10 Apr. (Sat. Review section) 5/1 The old train halted in front of the old tavern with its queer coach-carriages and queerer engine.
1953 Econ. Hist. Rev. 6 220 We now see him..lending his coach-carriage to carry them to the church-yard.
coach carver n. a person who carves the wooden mouldings, ornaments, etc., of a horse-drawn coach.historical after 19th cent.
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1702 J. Kersey New Eng. Dict. A Coach-carver.
1723 London Gaz. No. 6190/10 Thomas Nichols..Coach-Carver.
1841 Penny Mag. Monthly Suppl. Dec. 507/1 The coach-carver is indeed an artist, and as such is highly paid.
1872 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 31 May 599/1 The following are entitled to compete [for prizes offered by the Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers]:..coach carvers, coach joiners, [etc.]
2003 Carriage Jrnl. May 92/3 He received an appointment as coach carver to George III in 1760.
coach clerk n. now historical a clerk who works in an office that books travel by a hackney coach or stagecoach.
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1822 Times 1 Aug. 1/4 A line addressed, post paid, to W. B. coach clerk, at Messrs. Kent's.
2014 R. S. Belcher Shotgun Arcana 62 The Wells Fargo Station..housed the coach clerk, a privy with water basin for the passenger and driver, and a table.
coach cloak n. now historical a cloak to be worn while travelling by horse-drawn coach.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > for specific purpose
masque1577
mourning cloak1610
coach-cloak1705
domino1719
rochet1728
watch-cloak1814
opera cloak1836
railway wrapper1846
duster1864
sortie de bal1864
dust-cloak1883
Venetian1891
gas cape1940
1705 London Gaz. No. 4177/4 A Cinnamon colour'd Coach Cloak lined with blue.
1862 Reynolds's Newspaper 9 Mar. 6/3 Eliza Willis..was brought up, charged on suspicion with stealing a valuable coach cloak.
1989 W. Golding Fire down Below (1990) iv. 49 Mr Brocklebank, wrapped in his coach cloak, came and sat by me.
† coach coffer n. Obsolete a box belonging to the driver of a horse-drawn coach containing various items for taking care of the vehicle and horses; cf. coach-box n.Apparently an isolated use.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > seat > driver's seat
coach-coffer1607
box1625
coach-box1651
box seat1771
driving box1778
dicky1801
dicky box1801
cab box1840
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice v. 55 He shall also haue euer in his Coach Coffer, Hammer, Pinsers, Wimble, Chessell, & Nayles.
coach companion n. (a) (figurative derogatory) †a person who works alongside another like a coach-horse; cf. coach-fellow n. (obsolete rare); (b) a person who travels by coach with another.In quot. 1589 apparently with the implication that divinity is being dragged from somewhere educated and respectable to somewhere ignorant and vulgar.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun]
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brothereOE
ymonec950
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ferec975
fellowOE
friendOE
eveningOE
evenlinglOE
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monec1300
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partnerc1330
peerc1330
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falec1380
matec1380
makec1385
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marrow1440
partyc1443
customera1450
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pareil?c1450
comparcionerc1475
resortc1475
socius1480
copartner?1504
billy?a1513
accomplice1550
panion1553
consorterc1556
compartner1564
co-mate1576
copemate1577
competitor1579
consociate1579
coach-companion1589
comrade1591
consort1592
callant1597
comrado1598
associate1601
coach-fellow1602
rival1604
social1604
concomitanta1639
concerner1639
consociator1646
compane1647
societary1652
bor1677
socius1678
interessora1687
companioness1691
rendezvouser1742
connection1780
frater1786
matey1794
pardner1795
left bower1829
running mate1867
stable companion1868
pard1872
buddy1895
maat1900
bro1922
stable-mate1941
bredda1969
Ndugu1973
1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet sig. B3v A notable coach companion for Martin, to drawe Diuinitie from the Colledges of Oxford and Cambridge, to Shoomakers hall in Sainct Martins.
1752 Life Patty Saunders viii. 66 We came to a large old House, where my Coach Companion told me, I must alight.
1815 A. Burn Mem. I. 67 I..must have gone on board..had not the Lord..inclined the heart of one of my coach companions to invite me to stay with him.
1909 N.Y. Times 8 Oct. 3/4 Mr. Taft's constant coach companion to-day was John Muir, naturalist and explorer.
2001 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 19 May Our fellow coach companions were mainly English-speaking.
coach-crowded adj. rare crowded with coaches.
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1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 745 Some coach-crowded door. View more context for this quotation
1989 Times 20 May (Trav. section) 57/1 On a horse you can swap coach-crowded roads for old tracks across the vineyards.
† coach currier n. Obsolete a person who tans the leather to be used in the fittings of a horse-drawn coach.
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1761 J. Collyer Parent's & Guardian's Directory v. 107 Of the Coach-Currier. The coach-maker deals with a Currier, who dresses leather for no other use.
1906 Daily Tel. 15 Oct. 5/5 A serious fire broke out..at the works of Messrs. W. R. Shaw and Son (Ltd.), coach curriers.
coach dinner n. now rare a dinner provided to stagecoach passengers at a stopping-place.historical after 19th cent.
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1817 ‘Madame Panache’ Manners II. xvii. 299 There was collected together such a groupe..which is to be met with at any stage-coach dinner.]
1831 New Sporting Mag. Nov. 18/1 I'll conduct you to the most interesting feature in a day's journey—‘A coach dinner’. Where will you have it?—name your own place.
1845 T. N. Talfourd Vacation Rambles I. 231 This, unlike the furtive coach-dinners in England, had time to be eaten.
1938 Country Life 26 Nov. 541/2 ‘Please remember the coachman’ was the staple termination to any coach dinner.
coach dog n. now historical a dog trained to accompany a horse-drawn carriage, typically a Great Dane or (spec.) a Dalmatian; = carriage dog n. (b) at carriage n. Compounds 4; also with modifier.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > Dalmatian
spotted dog1621
tiger-dog1682
carriage dog1760
Dalmatian dog1810
coach-dog1840
plum pudding1851
plum-pudding dog1852
lesser Dane1870
Spotted Dick1880
Dalmatian1893
1744 Daily Advertiser 26 Jan. (advt.) Lost on Thursday last, near Swallow-Street, Tyburn-Road, a black and white spotted Coach-Dog of the Danish Breed, with close-cut Ears.
1787 G. Washington Let. 12 Aug. in Papers (1997) Confederation Ser. V. 287 At your Aunts request, a Coach Dog has been purchased and sent for the convenience, & benefit of Madame Moose; her amorous fits should therefore be attended to.
1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida x The phaeton was followed by a..coach-dog.
1935 J. W. Coleman Stage-coach Days in Bluegrass (1995) 174 As the driver could not see the rear boot, the coach dog was trained to consider this as his property, and to guard it with his life.
2021 Daily Star Online (Nexis) 31 May It's a breed who's had many monikers over the years including the Firehouse Dog, the Carriage Dog, the Spotted Coach Dog and the English Coach Dog.
coach driver n. (originally) a person who drives a horse-drawn coach for a living (now chiefly historical); (later) a driver of a motor coach.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of coach
coachman1579
coacher1587
coachee1602
voiturier1763
voiturin1768
whipship1817
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > public transport employees > employees on a bus > driver
bus driver1834
busman1834
bus operator1908
drive1999
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 114 The coche driuer dyd what he could possible at the first to staye them, by holding in the raynes.
1766 (title) The coach drivers.
1889 N.Y. Suppl. 4 871 He had no such exclusive right to the street as would justify him in going ahead, trusting that the coach driver would get out of his way.
1961 Irish Times 29 May (City ed.) 1 A Blackpool coach driver said that the girl answered Nancy's description and seemed very upset.
2004 New Statesman 6 Sept. 13/2 Service stations offer what coach drivers call the ‘comfort stop’ and marketing people call the ‘distress purchase’.
† coach-fellow n. Obsolete rare a horse or other animal yoked to the same carriage as another; (also figurative humorous) a companion or associate; cf. coach horse n. 2a.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun]
yferec870
brothereOE
ymonec950
headlingOE
ferec975
fellowOE
friendOE
eveningOE
evenlinglOE
even-nexta1225
compeerc1275
monec1300
companiona1325
partnerc1330
peerc1330
neighbour?c1335
falec1380
matec1380
makec1385
companya1425
sociatec1430
marrow1440
partyc1443
customera1450
conferec1450
pareil?c1450
comparcionerc1475
resortc1475
socius1480
copartner?1504
billy?a1513
accomplice1550
panion1553
consorterc1556
compartner1564
co-mate1576
copemate1577
competitor1579
consociate1579
coach-companion1589
comrade1591
consort1592
callant1597
comrado1598
associate1601
coach-fellow1602
rival1604
social1604
concomitanta1639
concerner1639
consociator1646
compane1647
societary1652
bor1677
socius1678
interessora1687
companioness1691
rendezvouser1742
connection1780
frater1786
matey1794
pardner1795
left bower1829
running mate1867
stable companion1868
pard1872
buddy1895
maat1900
bro1922
stable-mate1941
bredda1969
Ndugu1973
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls vehicle > pair of > one of
coach-fellow1602
1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades vi. 108 Their chariot horse, as they coch fellowes were Feade by them.
1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor ii. ii. 9 You and your Coach-fellow Nym.
1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London 36 His Chariot..is drawn by foure beasts: the 2. formost are a Wolfe..and he is Coach-fellow to a she-Beare.
† coach founder n. Obsolete a person who makes the iron fittings of a horse-drawn coach.
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1747 Daily Advertiser 11 July (advt.) All the Stock and Utensils in Trade of Mr. Fairweather, Coach-Founder.
1892 Saddlery & Harness May 167/1 This business..was founded by Mr. Richard Gadsdon, who was apprenticed to a coach founder and plater.
coach hide n. (originally) a leather hide, typically a single uncut piece, suitable for use in the construction of a horse-drawn coach; (now) a leather hide with similar dimensions used in other products (somewhat rare).
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1788 Bury & Norwich Post 23 Apr. Leather, per lb...Dressing Hides 13d to 14d.—Fine Coach Hides 14½d.—Crop Hides, for cutting.
1918 Commerce Rep. (U.S. Dept. Commerce) 3 Oct. 48 A firm in Switzerland desire to purchase..japanned coach hides.
1998 Evening Standard (Nexis) 20 Jan. 20 This season's furnishing must-have is several leather-covered cushions... Textures range from softest suede to sturdy coach hide.
coach horn n. a long valveless horn made of copper with a narrow bell, formerly used to announce the arrival of a horse-drawn coach (now chiefly historical); (in later use) such a horn played as a musical instrument.Cf. post-horn n.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun] > warning arousing the unwary > device for sounding alarm > horn
outhornc1210
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > horn > [noun] > other horns
earth horn?a1400
oliphantc1400
ruetc1400
buck-hornc1550
stock-horn1597
bell-horna1640
sea-cornet1653
dudeen?1790
carnyx1810
shofar1833
wonder-horn1864
handhorn1871
post-horn1881
1807 Newcastle Courant 30 May 4/3 The soldiers,..deceived..by the blowing of a coach horn,..scoured the streets.
1984 A. Mackay-Smith et al. Man & Horse 98 Some guards..would entertain the passengers with such traditional..airs as could be sounded in the limited musical range of a standard coach horn.
2006 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 28 May l3 The coach horn is 52 inches in length and is played like a bugle, with notes produced by changes in the position of the player's lips.
coach house n. (a) an outbuilding for housing a horse-drawn coach or other carriage (now historical); (later) such a building that has been converted to a private residence; (b) (Nautical) a cabin located on or built into the deck of a small sailing ship.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > cart- or coach house
cart-house1483
wain-house1569
wagon-house1648
coach-house1679
remise1698
chaise-house1812
carriage house1883
cart-lodge1888
1611 Accts. Master of Wks. IX. f. 6v in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Coch(e n.1 For theikeing of the cochhouse.
1679 M. Prance True Narr. Popish Plot 14 A long Entry leading into the upper Court by the Coach-Houses.
1838 J. F. Cooper Homeward Bound I. ii. 16 Mr. Effingham led his daughter into the hurricane-house—or, as the packet-men quaintly term it, the coach-house.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 37/2 The stables and coachhouses, the stud, mews, and kennels, are in the master of the horse's department.
1926 ‘N. Shute’ Marazan (1991) i. 29 We went into the coach-house, but I didn't open the bonnet of the car.
2005 Church Times 30 Dec. 32/5 My old friend James Turner and his wife occupied the coach house.
2018 N. Ball & S. Stephens Navy Board Ship Models (e-book ed.) A small coach house is fitted at the aft end of the poop deck.
coach inn n. now chiefly historical an inn on a route followed by horse-drawn coaches, at which horses could be cared for and fresh ones provided; (now sometimes also) an inn formerly used for such purposes, which now operates as a public house; = coaching inn n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > inn
guest housec1000
innc1230
hostry1377
host1382
harbergeryc1384
hostelc1384
hostelryc1386
harbergagea1400
hostelar1424
hostagec1440
innsc1550
host-house1570
fondaco1599
change1609
auberge1615
sporting house1615
albergo1617
rancho1648
change-housea1653
posada1652
public house1655
inn-house1677
funduq1684
locanda1770
fonda1777
livery tavern1787
roadhouse1806
meson1817
tambo1830
gasthaus1834
estalagem1835
caravanserai1848
temperance inna1849
sala1871
bush-inn1881
ryokan1914
B & B1918
pousada1949
minshuku1970
1746 Gen. Advertiser 13 Dec. (advt.) Wanted, On a Thorough Fair Road, A Good Accustomed Coach-Inn, not exceeding Sixty Miles from London.
1822 Monthly Mag. Oct. 216/1 Fifty coach-inns in London send out and receive more than 700 different stage and mail coaches.
1977 D. Baglin & Y. Austin Austral. Pub Crawl 114 (caption) The little country church..stands..overlooking the former coach inn, the Cudgegong River Hotel.
2011 Leatherhead Advertiser (Nexis) 27 Oct. 49 The Pilgrim in Dorking is a hidden gem... The 300 year old coach inn has..a great reputation for its food.
coach joiner n. now historical a person who constructs the wooden joints, fittings, etc., of a horse-drawn carriage.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > making or repair of carts or carriages > one who
wainwrightc1000
cartwright14..
cart-maker1579
coach-wright1587
coach-maker1599
coach-builder1794
coach-joiner1800
wagon-wright1858
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of wheels or wheeled vehicles
wheelwright1281
cartwright14..
wheeler1497
cart-maker1579
coach-wright1587
coach-maker1599
coach-wheeler1686
coach-builder1794
coach-joiner1800
wainwright1855
wagon-wright1858
wheel-assembler1897
auto worker1901
1734 Gen. Evening Post 11–13 July William Heppinstall, formerly of Cow-lane, Coach-Joiner.
1800 New Ann. Direct. 11 Baker, Robert, Coach-joiner and Trunk-maker.
1992 L. Clarke Building Capitalism (2011) x. 248 Plots..were being let to, amongst others, builders, a coach joiner and a boatbuilder for houses, premises, warehouses.
coach lace n. now historical an ornamental woven band used for trimming the interiors of horse-drawn carriages.Sometimes also incorporated into livery uniforms and (later) the interiors of railway carriages and motor vehicles.
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1729 London Evening-post 24–26 June (advt.) He continues to make and sell all Sorts of Gold and Silver Laces,..Coach Laces.
1853 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 11 Nov. 618/1 The object is to weave in coach lace numbers and letters, so as to form words.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 370 Coach lace weaver.
2008 Carriage Jrnl. 204 Trimmers used narrow woven fabrics called coach laces to finish edges, corners, and seams.
coach lamp n. a lamp designed to be attached to the outside of a horse-drawn coach, typically one in which the light source is surrounded by four panels of glass in a metal frame (now chiefly historical); (in later use) such a lamp used as a decorative light on (or occasionally in) houses or other buildings; cf. carriage lamp n.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > used for a specific purpose or occasion
watching lamp1597
midge1883
the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > outdoor lamp
street light1819
sconce1849
tiki torch1939
1787 Leeds Intelligencer 17 Apr. (advt.) Richard Hawdon, Coach and Harness-Maker..Begs Leave to inform his Friends and others, That he is just returned from London, and has laid in a good Assortment of Coach Lamps.
1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Seaboard Slave States vi. 380 We collected wood..and, lighting it from the coach lamp, made a fire.
1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File xxviii. 181 Fixed to the wall was a coach lamp converted to electricity.
2006 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 3 Feb. 77 Number 46 stands back from the road... There is..exterior lighting from a traditional-style wall mounted coach lamp.
† coach-leaves n. Obsolete folding blinds that cover the window of a coach.Apparently an isolated use.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > blind(s)
coach-leaves1631
canvas1753
1631 B. Jonson New Inne ii. iii. 4 You must..Driue in againe, with the Coach-leaues put downe, At the backe gate.
coach-load n. †the amount of something which will fill a horse-drawn coach (obsolete); (also) the greatest number of passengers a coach can hold; a (large) number of coach passengers.Recorded earliest in figurative use.Now chiefly with reference to motor coaches.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > the people in a coach
coachc1840
coach-load1857
1677 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer ii. 22 To shew yet more his passion for quality, he makes Love to that fulsom Coach-load of Honour, my Lady Goodly.
1730 H. Fielding Temple Beau v. xvii. 67 Here's a whole Coach-load coming up Stairs. I heard them enquire for these Chambers.
1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xix. 482 Their coach-load of luxuries.
1954 Ann. Reg. 1953 256 The..authorities had to turn back many coach-loads of Italians.
2021 Independent (Nexis) 20 May It's hard to overstate how pleased the hotel was to see a coach-load of British tourists pull up outside.
† coach lock n. Obsolete any of various locks used in the doors of horse-drawn coaches and (later) early motor cars.
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1830 Museum Foreign Lit. & Sci. Mar. 225/2 Horse shoes, coach locks, fusils, and bedsteads, are the leading articles, with which they supply the interior.
1884 Knight's New Mech. Dict. 204/2 Coach Lock, a spring latch operated either by a cross-bar handle on the exterior, or by a lever from within side the carriage.
1919 Washburn (Wisconsin) Times 17 Apr. 1/2 The cab..is equipped with coach doors with anti-rattling sashless drop glass and coach locks.
coach master n. a person who hires out horse-drawn coaches or other carriages.historical after the 19th cent.
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society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > [noun] > hirer out > of horses or carriages
hackney man1307
hackman1571
vittorin1613
vetturino1617
coach-master1721
jobman1794
jobmaster1802
jobber1809
jobbing master1835
fly-proprietor1845
1662 H. Marten Familiar Lett. lxxiv. 60 Prethee let me set down in my Almanack the certain day when the Coach-master is to be paid for his Coach.
1721 London Gaz. No. 5923/4 William Ellis..Coach-master.
1835 Metrop. Mag. Jan. xviii The glass coach drove up the inn-yard of some large coachmaster.
1927 Hull Daily Mail 16 Sept. 7/2 The house, which was built about the year 1800 for Mr Robert Harrison, coach-master and owner.
2021 J. Hobson Passengers (e-book ed.) xii Richard Costar was the biggest coach master in Oxford, with 100 horses of his own and many routes in the Midlands.
† coach-match n. Obsolete a chariot race.Apparently an isolated use.
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1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 12 The Flaminian way. A high-way from Rome, where they used to ride their coach-matches.
† coach nave n. Obsolete the central hub of a coach-wheel into which the axle is inserted; cf. nave n.1 1.
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1767 Stamford Mercury 26 Feb. (advt.) A Large Quantity of Wyche Wood..Part of which is cut into Coach Naves and Waggon Naves.
1902 Lichfield Mercury 21 Nov. 4/4 (advt.) Spokes, Cart and Coach Naves, contents of Blacksmith's Shop.
coach office n. an office where passengers and parcels are booked for transport by hackney coach or stagecoach (now historical); (in later use also) an office that sells tickets for travel by motor coach.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > booking-office
coach-office1794
booking office1814
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > operation of stagecoaches > office where passengers are booked
coach-office1794
1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 22) 722 Hackney Coaches Office, in Surry-street.]
1726 Daily Courant 8 Jan. All Coachmen plying in Publick Places, are forbidden to insult or give foul Language to..the Clerks of the Coach-Office.
1834 C. Dickens Let. 3 Sept. (1965) I. 41 There is a coach-office carrier delivering a hamper over the way.
1974 Times 1 Mar. 2 Silverline coach office at Teddington, Middlesex.
2017 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 26 Mar. 46 Themed cabins along the historic street include a Cobb & Co coach office, pub, general store and petrol station.
coach parcel n. now rare a parcel conveyed by coach.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > [noun] > by wheeled vehicle > by coach > goods conveyed by coach
coach-parcel1811
1804 Manch. Mercury 25 Dec. The Evangelical Magazines, which shall be delivered on the third day of the month, without any extraordinary charge for a coach parcel.
1858 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley I. 423 A constant and animated correspondence of coach-parcels.
1944 Riverine Grazier (New S. Wales) 4 Jan. (advt.) A member of staff will be in attendance at 8a.m. to take 'Phone messages and despatch coach parcels.
coach party n. a group of people travelling by coach.Originally with reference to horse-drawn coaches; now chiefly with reference to motor coaches.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > party or parties travelling by motor coach
coach-party1957
coach trade1962
1778 F. Burney Evelina II. xv. 140 The coach-party fixed upon consisted of Madame Duval, M. Du Bois, Miss Branghton, and myself.
1888 Overland Monthly Aug. 185/2 Next morning no Indians could be seen, and the coach party proceeded westward.
1980 J. Gardner Garden of Weapons iii. iii. 246 From the souvenir shop the coach party went..for a drink.
2020 Wilts. Gaz. & Herald (Nexis) 11 Feb. Marlborough has a lot to offer, and we want to encourage coach parties, and for people to stay overnight.
coach pole n. now chiefly historical the shaft of a coach, to which horses are hitched; cf. pole n.1 1b.
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. viii. 336/1 The Swingle Tree of a Coach Pole..fastned by..pinns to the Coach Pole, to the which Horses are fastned by their Harnish when there is more then two to draw the Coach.
1775 R. B. Sheridan St. Patrick's Day i. ii Such a thing..as an old coach-pole, or a spare bed-post.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. v. viii. 631 As if we were a starved coach-horse, to be quickened along by a wisp of hay put upon the coach-pole, close ahead of us always!
1996 Carriage Jrnl. 334 56/1 All harness spares plus a spare coach pole and swingletrees were carried in the backup cars.
coach pot n. rare (now historical) a small vessel formerly used by women on long journeys in horse-drawn coaches, in order to be able to urinate discreetly; = bourdaloue n.
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1833 Minimum List Prices as agreed between Deputation Manufacturers & Operatives (1836) 3/2 (list) in Minimum List of Prices (1833–46) (Making of Mod. World: Goldsmiths'-Kress Libr. Econ. Lit.) Coach pots..12's.
1970 Connoisseur Oct. 263/1 A 1798 design for a bourdalou..depicts a creamware ‘coach pot’ of conventional shape, having a slightly dipped rim and..a reeded handle with floral terminals.
2000 G. Neale Miller's Blue & White Pott. 55/3 Bourdaloues, coach pots, or slipper pots were placed under ladies' long dresses, and used as toilets.
coach road n. a road on which horse-drawn coaches run or (in later use) formerly ran; esp. one regularly used by stagecoaches or mail coaches.Also in street names.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > used by coaches
coach-way1611
coach-road1715
1710 Post-man & Hist. Acct. 2 Feb. It lies 27 Miles from London, in the Coach Road between that Place and Oxford.
1810 R. Parkinson Treat. Breeding & Managem. Live Stock I. ii. 361 We had many plantations where there were intervals of land left for a coach-road.
1955 Rocky Mount (N. Carolina) Sunday Telegram 28 Aug. 1 b The road once was a coach road running via Tarboro and Raleigh from Hillsboro to New Bern.
2018 Ulster Jrnl. Archaeol. 2015–6 73 163/2 It is highly likely that this coach road followed the line of a much earlier pre-existing track.
coach screw n. a large screw with a square or (in later use) hexagonal head, which is turned with a spanner.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > screw > other types of screw
wrench1552
needle screw1663
female screw1667
stop-screw1680
male screw1682
wood-screw1733
right and left handed screw1738
screw eye1787
claw-screw1795
screw shaft1818
union joint1819
union screw1820
right-and-left screw1821
binding-screw1828
coach screw1874
lag bolt1893
grub-screw1903
Allen screw1910
multithread1921
self-tapper1949
1808 Enquirer (Richmond, Va.) 26 Oct. (advt.) Tinn'd inlets and flat sets, square head coach screws, &c.
1930 Engineering 20 June 787/3 Drills and appliances for fixing coach screws in sleepers.
2004 M. Crossman & J. Simm Man. Use of Timber in Coastal & River Engin. viii. 181 The coach screws holding down the decking were countersunk.
coach-screw v. transitive to attach or fix (something) with coach screws.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with screws
vice1542
screw?1597
to worm in1605
to screw down1683
tap1869
coach-screw1874
1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. xii. 224 Angle-irons being fitted in the corners, riveted to the beams, and coach screwed to the carlings.
1959 Home Encycl. 226 A sleeper..is laid along the middle of the length of the shed, its top edge to be exactly level with the floor plates..; it is securely coach-screwed into place.
2014 M. Dickson & D. Parker Sustainable Timber Design (2015) ix. 100/1 These [joints] are coach screwed to the timber.
coach smith n. now historical a person who makes or fits metalwork for a horse-drawn carriage.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of parts of vehicle bodies
body-maker1802
coach-smith1837
coach trimmer1840
bodybuilder1870
budget-trimmer?1881
panel beater1908
1746 Stamford Mercury 18 Sept. (advt.) Thomas Pease, Coach-Smith, in Langley-street.
1846 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 6th Ser. 122 A coach-smith..has to work large and heavy bars of iron into forms containing several unequal curves, and varying greatly in thickness.
1916 Illustr. War News 6 Sept. 35/1 The coach-smith entered the Army some months ago, and his place has been filled by his employer's daughter.
2019 E. Ridley One Night to Remember (e-book ed.) ii Every vehicle was always in impeccable condition... Safety was a coach smith's top priority.
coach smithing n. now rare and historical the making or fitting of metalwork for a horse-drawn carriage; the work of a coach smith.
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1824 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 22 Jan. (advt.) The subscriber respectfully informs the Coach Makers and others, that he carries on the Coach Smithing, in all its branches, at F. A. Russell & Co's.
1968 Daily Independent-Jrnl. (San Rafael, Calif.) 6 Sept. 18/4 He plied his trade, later becoming a toolmaker when the art of coach smithing became obsolete.
coach stand n. a place where horse-drawn coaches wait for hire (now historical); (later) a designated area for motor coaches to park or stop.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by vehicles plying for hire > [noun] > driving or hiring of cabs > station for vehicles plying for hire
standa1732
rank1829
standing1831
cab stand1832
coach-stand1834
hazard1836
ranking1903
taxi rank1907
taxi station1912
1721 Daily Courant 2 May Whoever shall bring it to..the Coach-Stand between Bloomsbury and Red-Lyon-Square, shall there receive a Guinea.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxii. 315 He turned down a bye-street in search of the nearest coach-stand.
1931 Illustr. London News 6 June 956 A coach stand would be formed, and long-distance motor traffic arriving from the north,..would discharge its passengers on the platform.
2019 K. Waldherr Lost Hist. of Dreams 69 He recognized the oak tree marking the coach stand. Isabelle brought the horses to a halt.
2019 Bolton News (Nexis) 12 Oct. Limited parking around the interchange meant the driver was unable to drop her off close to the coach stand.
coach station n. a stopping-place on the route of a stagecoach (obsolete); (later) a station where a motor-coach parks or stops, or a building incorporating this.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > terminus for motor coaches
station1832
coach station1881
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > operation of stagecoaches > stopping place of stagecoach
coach station1881
1827 Caledonian Mercury 26 Apr. The coach stations will be removed from the Trustees' ferry to that of Kirkaldy.
1881 Rocky Mt. Sketches in Sunday at Home Sept. 567/2 A coach station some fifteen miles over the mountains.
1947 G. Greene 19 Stories 211 Standing in the great steel coach station.
2016 Daily Rec. & Sunday Mail (Nexis) 22 Aug. 33 She says an emotional goodbye and heads to the coach station.
coach tour n. a journey by motor coach taken for pleasure.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > a ride in a vehicle > tour by motor coach
coach tour1958
1921 Courier (Dundee) 22 July 1/6 (advt.) S.M.T. Co. coach tours for holiday week.
1958 Observer 10 Aug. 10/6 The man conducting a coach-tour through unfamiliar landscapes for a crowd of strangers.
2018 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 16 Jan. It includes a full-day coach tour around Hong Kong Island with dim sum lunch.
coach trade n. chiefly British (a) the occupation or profession of hiring out, making, etc., a horse-drawn coach (obsolete); (in later use) the operation of motor-coach lines or tours regarded as an area of commercial activity; (b) (often derogatory) groups of motor-coach tourists on an outing, esp. one to the theatre (now rare).
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > party or parties travelling by motor coach
coach-party1957
coach trade1962
1717 Stamford Mercury 20 June 308 At the same Place any Gentleman may be furnished with New Coaches, Chariots, Chaises, or Harness, or any other Materials belonging to the Coach Trade.
1895 News (Frederick, Maryland) 17 Aug. Mr. Raymond Long is doing a good business at the coach trade and also at his hennery.
1948 Newsman Herald (Chelmsford) 2 Apr. 2/3 Licensees of such houses depend almost entirely on the motor and coach trade.
1962 Sunday Express 7 Jan. 19/2 His farces are seen solely by the ‘coach trade’ from the provinces.
1975 Daily Mail 30 June 20 Long-running shows usually prosper most on the coach trade.
2016 Times 17/1 Local shops which rely on the coach trade say that businesses will be destroyed unless the ban is overturned.
† coach treats n. Obsolete the straps, chains, or ropes by which a horse is harnessed to a coach; cf. treat n.1 9. Apparently an isolated use.
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1607 G. Markham Cavelarice v. 53 The draught breadthes or Coach treates, which extend from the breast of the horse to the bridge tree of the Coach, must bee of exceeding strong double leather.
coach trimmer n. a person who prepares the coach lace, linings, and other trimmings for a horse-drawn carriage (now historical); (British) a person who upholsters the interior of a vehicle, esp. a luxury car.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of parts of vehicle bodies
body-maker1802
coach-smith1837
coach trimmer1840
bodybuilder1870
budget-trimmer?1881
panel beater1908
1777 Morning Post 15 July (advt.) Direct for A. B. at Mr. Tupper's, Coach trimmer.
1840 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 28 July 1/2 Materials and tools for saddlers and coach trimmers.
1909 Daily Chron. 25 Sept. 7/6 (advt.) Coach Trimmer wanted.
2019 Contify Automotive News (Nexis) 5 Sept. Coach-trimmer Noel Thompson has worked on cars for Bentley's extraordinary customers for 50 years, including for the Queen.
coach wagon n. now historical a wagon drawn by a horse or other draft animal, used as or resembling a coach; (in later use also) a railway wagon of this kind. [In quot. 1619 translating ancient Greek (Attic)ἅμαξα wagon (see amaxophobia n.).]
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > covered > coach
coach1556
coach-carriage1688
quitcha1693
leathern convenience1699
coach-wagona1720
1619 H. Ainsworth Annot. Fourth Bk. Moses, called Numbers sig. I2v/2 Covered wagons] or, coach wagons [Gk. ἁμάξας], according to the Greek version.
a1720 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1722) iv. 137 They were carried in a Coach-wagon to the Water-side.
1843 Liberator (Boston) 26 May 81/4 A coach-wagon, with four horses, drew up to the Anti-Slavery Office.
1926 G. S. Bryan Edison, Man & his Work xv. 245 No..‘Tom Thumb’ of early steam-railway days, drawing its little coach-wagons, could have made a more fantastic picture than did Edison's first electric train.
2014 W. F. Woods Medieval Filmscape 9 The coach wagon bearing the Advocate Courtois to Abbeville also contains..all of their baggage, as well as some chickens.
coachway n. a way, path, etc., for the use of horse-drawn coaches; spec. the part of a road intended for vehicles as opposed to pedestrians (now chiefly historical); (later) a road or lane of a motorway intended for motor coaches.Now in North America (frequently in plural) chiefly in the names of motor-coach companies.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > used by coaches
coach-way1611
coach-road1715
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > part where vehicles run
road1720
coach-way1735
carriageway1739
roadway1750
roading1836
1614 B. Rich Honestie of Age 34 Some [women]..will care little for going to Heauen, because there is no good Coachway.
1735 J. Price Some Considerations Stone-bridge Thames 4 A Street or Coach-way of 20 Feet broad..The Foot-way to be raised one Foot higher then the Coach-way.
1841 Examiner 30 Oct. 698/2 Where the coach way was only open for one carriage it is now open for four, through Cateaton street.
1930 Automotive Daily News 18 June 5/5 The terminal, with a covered coachway running though to 37th Street,..will be able, it is said, to accommodate approximately 300 buses a day.
1981 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 4 May Operations in the Yukon and Northwest Territories run by Canadian Coachways (Alberta) Ltd., a Greyhound subsidiary, were also affected.
2002 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 10 July 28 Enhanced coach and express bus services with specially-defined coachways on busy sections of motorways.
coachwoman n. a woman who drives a horse-drawn carriage.See also coachman n.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of coach > female
coach-woman1865
1786 Morning Post 28 Aug. Madame du Thé will be appointed coach-woman to the Ambassador, as she has lately been seen driving four in hand on the Hammersmith road.
1876 M. Collins Blacksmith & Scholar I. 98 There have been coachwomen who could drive four-in-hand.
2019 Newstex Blogs (Nexis) 27 Dec. A coachwoman puts a cover on her horse while waiting for tourists in freezing temperatures.
coachwright n. now historical a coach-builder.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > making or repair of carts or carriages > one who
wainwrightc1000
cartwright14..
cart-maker1579
coach-wright1587
coach-maker1599
coach-builder1794
coach-joiner1800
wagon-wright1858
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of wheels or wheeled vehicles
wheelwright1281
cartwright14..
wheeler1497
cart-maker1579
coach-wright1587
coach-maker1599
coach-wheeler1686
coach-builder1794
coach-joiner1800
wainwright1855
wagon-wright1858
wheel-assembler1897
auto worker1901
1587 J. Harmar tr. T. de Bèze Serm. 364 Diuised & built this Coch by his trusty and faithful Cochwrights, & Carpenters.
1748 Gen. Advertiser 19 July Mr. Hume Coach Wright in St. Mary's Wynd.
1870 All Year Round 4 June 17/2 A Red River farmer is his own blacksmith, coachwright, and carpenter.
2009 Financial Times 4 Apr. (Life & Arts section) 19/6 Judith Kampfner meets a sculptor-stonemason, a jeweller and Kentish coachwrights.

Derivatives

coach-wise adv. by means of or in the manner of a coach; as regards coaches (in various senses).
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1795 S. J. Pratt Gleanings through Wales II. xxviii. 19 There is a sort of thing, fashioned coach-wise, covered, at least, in which they may go dry.
1853 H. D. Thoreau Excursion to Canada in Putnam's Monthly Mag. Jan. 54/2 Borne coachwise along the spacious..avenues.
1979 Leader-Times (Kittanning, Pa.) 1 Aug. 12/5 There's no comparison at all between college and professional football playerwise, coachwise and organization wise.
2019 Times of India (Nexis) 3 July After filling these details, a passenger can see the vacant berths class-wise and coach-wise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

coachv.

Brit. /kəʊtʃ/, U.S. /koʊtʃ/, Australian English /koʊtʃ/
Forms: see coach n. and adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: coach n.
Etymology: < coach n.Compare German kutschen (16th cent.). With senses 5b, 6, 7a, 7b, 8 compare earlier coaching n. 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 4.
I. To travel by coach, to transport by coach, and related senses
†1. transitive. To harness (a horse, pair of horses) to a coach or chariot. Obsolete. rare.Both quots. are apparently isolated uses. In quot. 1836 this word is used in humorous parallel to a use of horse v. 1b.
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1592 H. Broughton Apol. in Briefe Assertions sig H3 The game of two Horses coched, fyrst set vp for a game: and called Xynoris.
1836 G. Head Home Tour 382 One horsed the coach, and another coached the horses; one worked this end of the line, and the other the opposite;..the ball of responsibility was bandied from this man to that man, in a manner to make it clearly appear that neither was responsible.
2.
a. transitive. To transport (esp. a person) by horse-drawn coach (now chiefly historical) or by motor coach. Also: to place in a coach; to provide with a coach. Now often with across, in, out of, etc.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport or convey in a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > by wheeled vehicle > by cart or carriage > in specific type of
coach1612
caroche1618
chariota1659
car1791
charioteer1862
pochay1870
1593 G. Peele Famous Chron. King Edward the First sig. D2 Some thinkes he praies Lluellen were in heauen, And thereby hopes to coache his loue on earth.
1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good sig. B3 Bring 'em all-in coach'd, the gates are wide enough.
c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iii. 1066 She must be coatcht, forsooth, & bravely ride.
1728 A. Pope Dunciad iii. 245 The needy Poet sticks to all he meets, Coach'd, carted, trod upon, now loose, now fast.
1761 Brit. Mag. 2 598 The ladies being safely coached under the escorte of the lawyer.
1853 Daily News 31 May 5/6 There was a regularly organised system of cars for taking up and setting down the freemen, who were provided with tickets..to show they had a right to be coached to the poll.
1914 Sunday Star (Washington, D.C.) 5 Apr. (Editorial section) 3/4 Bathers dress in their hotels and are coached down behind the oxen to the wharf.
1999 Independent (Nexis) 5 Dec. 22 The number of people eager to be coached across Germany for the latest musical..was declining.
2015 C. Symes Transporting Moments viii. 168 When the seventy or so, mostly elderly passengers were informed..that they would be coached to Grafton..the mood of discontent was palpable.
†b. transitive. figurative and in figurative contexts. To transport (a person or thing) as if by coach; to carry at great speed. Obsolete.
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1636 R. Younge Victory of Patience iv. 16 Adversity hath whipt many a soule to heaven, which otherwise prosperity had coached to hell.
1654 J. Trapp Comm. Job xxvi. 9 Christ was by a cloud coached up to heaven.
1685 J. Flavell Πνευματολογια 355 They were coached to Hell in pomp and state, and have left the same Chariot to bring their graceless Children after them in the same Equipage to the place of Torments.
a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 230 [He] goes coached to Satan's ball.
1865 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. 8th Ser. vi. 126 I would sooner see you whipped to heaven than coached to hell.
3.
a. intransitive. To ride in or drive a horse-drawn coach or motor coach. Also transitive in to coach it (colloquial).
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > ride in a wheeled vehicle > in specific type of horse-drawn vehicle
wagon1606
caroche1620
chariot1628
coach1631
to chaise it1792
gig1807
hack1879
buckboard1904
car1907
stolkjaerre1932
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > ride in a wheeled vehicle > in a motor coach
coach1959
1608 T. Heywood Rape of Lucrece sig. C2 Euery man Get him a mistris, coach it in the Country.
1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 218 This day, you Coach to th'Exchange.
c1632 T. Fuller Observ. Shires in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 222 All the Gentry coacht it up to the City.
1797 Monthly Mag. 4 134 To coach it thro' the town.
1834 J. O'Callaghan Usury, Funds, Banks 44 I coached down to Bristol and crossed the channel by the steamer, for Cork.
1913 M. C. Lilly Mem. European Trip 54 We coached through the beautiful valley of Barrowdale... The gentlemen were requested to get down and walk.
1959 Listener 27 Aug. 332/2 A French family, met with while coaching across France.
2012 J. H. Grossman C. Dickens's Networks i. 24 For Pickwick, coaching into town in 1828, this steam-driven industrialization was something only those in the mills were experiencing directly.
2012 Great Yarmouth Mercury (Nexis) 16 Mar. Making sure they had enough players meant one driving from Chelmsford, two coaching in from Switzerland and one flying in from the Far East!
†b. transitive. To travel through or traverse (a street, a distance) in a coach; to make (a journey) by coach. Obsolete.In early use usually in contexts in which coach-travel (especially in urban settings) is being satirized as ostentatious, self-indulgent, etc.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > traverse in specific vehicle
gallop1590
coach1693
perambulate1865
motor1928
punt1985
1675 R. Head Miss Display'd 132 A rambling Dinah, Trading or Coaching the streets.
1693 R. Gould Corrupt. Times 11 Observe the Fop... See in a Storm, when he does Coach the Streets, And his old Father overtakes, or meets, Dropping all o'er and soak'd thro to the Skin, Mark if the Villain stops to take him in.
1743 London Mag. Apr. 201/1 If these be the fruits Of coaching a journey, I own That, unless I could use my own legs, or a horse, I aways would tarry in town.
1805 Ann. Rev. 3 299/2 Houses expand.., frugality vanishes..; fornication kisses..; splendour coaches the street, and alights at the prison door.
1840 C. Brown Walks in North iii, in J. Keats Lett. (1958) I. 435 Aware there was nothing interesting in the country between Carlisle and Dumfries, and that, consequently, it would be toil without remuneration, we coached the distance.
1891 Licensed Victuallers' Mirror 16 June 284/1 Times were that Lord Londesborough coached the journey from London to Ascot, with actors for passengers.
II. To provide training or instruction, and related senses.
4.
a. transitive. Originally University slang. To prepare (a candidate) for an examination; to provide extra teaching to (a student).
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society > education > teaching > systematic or formal teaching > [verb (transitive)] > tutor or coach
tutor1592
teacher1619
tutorize1839
pupillize1840
coach1848
grind1859
pony1865
tute1934
1836 E. Caswall Pluck Exam. Papers (ed. 3) Synchronol. Table The system of coaching pupils considerably improved by the examiners becoming tutors.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. iii. 30 He's coaching me, and some other men, for the little go.
1881 Athenæum No. 2806 (advt.) Students coached in Chemistry, Botany, Materia Medica and Physics.
1900 Graphic 14 July 36/2 The public schools would very quickly add the requisite teaching to their present system of coaching candidates for Sandhurst.
1988 Times 30 June 35/4 (advt.) Windsurfing Nuffield Scientist required to coach A-level students abroad this summer.
1990 Independent (Nexis) 28 Oct. (Business on Sunday) 21 Charlotte could have used her time more profitably coaching GCSE candidates.
b. intransitive. To study with or under the direction of a coach; to study intensively for an examination. Also transitive, with the subject studied as object. Now rare (historical in later use).
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society > education > learning > study > [verb (intransitive)] > study under tutor or coach
grind1835
coach1848
tutor1900
1848 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. iii. 30 ‘Are you stopping at Baymouth?’.. ‘I'm coaching there.’
1851 Month Nov. 375 Mr. Smalls, of Brazenface College,..went down to the sea-side this last ‘Long’ to coach for his Little-go.
1874 A. C. Ewald Friend at Court II. iii. 39 Kit..had been compelled during the last few weeks to coach German either with Dr. Stüttmacher or with one of the assistant professors.
1929 E. M. Albanesi Gold in Dust x. 119 It was when he had been coaching for his examinations to go to Cambridge that the idea of writing had been instilled into him.
1986 K. Moore Moving House iv. 46 People had begun to go down with that beastly Spanish flu germ that was going round everywhere, a fellow he coached with..had it.
c. transitive. To provide extra tuition to students in (a subject); to teach as a coach.
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1875 Times 27 Nov. 3/2 (advt.) Tutor wanted, immediately, for an examination to ‘coach’ Latin every evening.
1927 Scotsman 29 Sept. 1/4 Graduate (1st class honours) coaches German, French (also conversation), elementary Latin, English subjects.
1960 E. J. Ortman To rear Tender Thought iv. 62 I coached Latin and chemistry..out of hours. The banker's son wanted chemistry, and the timid farmer's daughter wanted Latin.
1977 Thursday Rep. (Concordia Univ., Montreal) 17 Nov. He didn't teach English..; he coached math and physics.
2009 Financial Times 27 June (Weekend section) 20 Arriving home aged 22..he played more poker and coached chess.
5.
a. transitive. To train or instruct (a team, player, athlete, etc.) for athletic or sporting competition.In earliest use with reference to the person training and coordinating the actions of a university boat crew.
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society > leisure > sport > training > train or coach [verb (transitive)]
train1712
1847 Bell's Life in London 14 Mar. 6/2 Much credit is due to Mr Dwarris for..having ‘coached’ a mild crew into rowing so well.
1867 Evening Standard 14 Feb. The crew being coached by Mr. F. Willan and Mr. G. Morrison, from the former gentleman's steamboat.
1882 Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 15 Nov. 5/3 We insist that a captain's great work is in coaching the team in their practice and in running the bases.
1925 Dundee Courier 21 Jan. 6/6 The holder of the British Open Championship will coach her in some shots which her father wishes her to learn.
2018 Mandurah (Austral.) Mail (Nexis) 22 Apr. (Sport section) 65 Coaching the team to the premiership last year and seeing them win is easily one of the biggest highlights of my career.
b. intransitive. To train, instruct, or manage a sports team, player or athlete for competition; to work as a sports or athletics coach.
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1865 Sporting Gaz. 9 Dec. 914/3 Both crews rowed as usual, Brown coaching from the bank.
1893 Boston Daily Advertiser 3 Nov. 8/3 It always gladdens the hearts of the crimson supporters when the veteran end rush comes to Cambridge to coach, for they know that he can give the men many valuable points on the game.
1935 Sunday Times 7 Apr. 37/5 In September, he coached a prospective Oxford crew at Henley. He coached for the coxswainless fours, he trained the prospective University crew again in November.
1970 J. Bouton Ball Four ii. 24 Crosetti, who was coaching at third, spotted me in the stands.
2015 D. W. Levy Univ. Okla. II. viii. 216 He coached until 1938, accumulating a respectable career record of 185 wins and 106 losses.
c. transitive. To act as a coach in (a sport, athletic activity).
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1901 Round Table (Beloit Coll., Wisconsin) 27 Sept. 8/1 Edwin Meyer is teaching and coaching football at Hudson, Wis.
1905 Daily Nebraskan 14 Feb. J. P. Koehler, who coaches football and basketball at Lawrence, Uni. is an ex-Nebraska man.
1909 Brown Alumni Monthly Dec. 116/2 A. W. Dickinson, second base for four years on the 'varsity baseball team, is coaching football at Somerville (Mass.) High School.
1914 Gentlewoman 16 May 46/3 How delightful for you to have such an out-of-door life, coaching cricket in summer and hockey in winter.
1916 Catal. McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois, 1916–1917 89 The theory, organization, financing and technique of coaching football, baseball, basket ball, and track work.
1992 N.Y. Times 18 Aug. a7/5 Among her intimates, she is revered as a supermom—a woman who brought the same high-intensity discipline to coaching soccer..as she did to practicing law or managing her husband's earliest campaigns.
2005 Playboy (Nexis) 1 Jan. 166 I've had 11 shoulder operations from non-Jewish activities like riding tournaments, rodeos, coaching football.
2021 US Fed News (Nexis) 20 Dec. He wouldn't return to coaching college hockey until being offered an assistant coaching position at UNO in 2018.
6. transitive. To give (a person) instructions or guidance about what to do or say in a particular situation; spec. to prepare or prompt (a witness) to give specific answers under examination.
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society > education > teaching > [verb (transitive)] > teach before
foreteach1591
pre-instruct1617
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [verb (transitive)] > tamper with witness or evidence
tutor1757
1864 Belfast News-let. 16 Nov. It was positively farcical to see the way in which the witness was coached.
1887 R. H. Roberts In Shires viii. 128 These young ladies, although ably coached by their mother, had failed to hit the mark with Cupid's shaft.
1907 G. W. Pearson Reporter's Scrap-bk. 67 ‘Fellow-citizens and countrymen... Do we want liberty and happiness?’ Sixteen men in the front row who had been coached before the meeting at once responded in chorus, ‘I guess, yes!’
1970 E. Coleman & B. Edwards Brief Encounters (1980) xiii. 314 She agreed to coach him as to how to look at women, how to talk with and touch them so that they would see him as an attractive man.
1996 Independent 14 Oct. i. 3/4 He is seen in the film coaching staff for the private view of the William Morris exhibition. ‘Your task is to..make sure they go in orderly groups. Some of them won't want to be orderly’.
2009 R. B. Andrus Lawyer iv. 38 Charges of unethically coaching a witness and suborning..perjury are extremely difficult to prove.
7.
a. transitive. To give (a person) practical instruction or training in a particular (non-academic and non-athletic) activity, field, or context, esp. in the performing arts.
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1868 Sunday Times 13 Sept. 2/4 Every one must remember the sketch of John Leech's of a young lady at a piano ‘coaching’ a young gentleman through ‘Villikens and his Dinah’, wherein she says ‘Now, Fred, you're not low enough yet.’
1912 Theatre Sept. 89/2 His speech has a kind of declamatory tone..,as if he had the habit from continuous reading of stage dialogue and the long practice of coaching actors in the delivery of their lines.
1964 C. V. Palisca Music in Our Schools 35 A solo performer might be employed part-time to teach a master class in the high school or to coach a chamber music ensemble.
2014 Express Tribune (Nexis) 3 Dec. Chefs from reputable hotels coach the students in mastering authentic cuisines.
b. transitive. Frequently in business and management contexts. To give a (person) advice on how to attain their professional or personal goals, manage their time effectively, etc.
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1957 Harvard Business Rev. May–June 8/2 The proposed method [sc. of performance appraisal] puts the boss in a role where he can more effectively help and coach executives reporting to him.
1996 Jrnl. for Quality & Participation 19 51/1 By coaching them to find their own answers, we create an environment without which they make clear distinctions about current reality, create options, and most importantly, take action—because the solution is theirs. Coaches empower with questions.
2021 GlobeNewswire (Nexis) 12 Mar. She is a serial entrepreneur that has quickly become an extremely sought after digital marketing strategist and social media expert that has coached over 300 women entrepreneurs from around the world.
8. intransitive and transitive. Australian. To use tame cows, mares, etc., as decoys to lure wild cattle or horses; to lure (wild cattle or horses) in this way. Cf. coach n. 8.
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1880 J. B. Stevenson Seven Years in Austral. Bush ix. 128 We often worked all through a long winter's night, coaching round scrub after scrub, without coming across a single mob.
1905 Bulletin (Sydney) 13 Apr. 18/1 In winter..they [sc. stockmen] go ‘nuggeting’, i.e., ‘scrub-running’ for clean-skins, a lot of which can only be got by tying, and then coaching them with quiet cattle.
1959 J. Wright Generations of Men 128 He spent a week with the men, coaching over the range, and this time had luck enough to get a good number [of scrubber cattle].
2013 N. Queensland Reg. (Nexis) 18 July Koolatah was full of wild cattle... They were all thrown and coached out with the quieter cattle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).
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