† glass-coachn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: glass n.¹, coach n.

Etymology: < glass n.¹ + coach n.

Obsolete.

The name originally given to a coach with glass windows, as distinguished from those which were unglazed (cf. e.g. curtain-coach); esp. applied to a ‘private’ coach let out for hire, as distinguished from those on public stands.

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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 > other types of coach

hanging-waggon1585

glass-coach1667

carriage of respecta1680

shalloon1688

leading coach1704

curtain-coach1706

day coach1784

muddy1800

perch-coach1815

drag1820

1667 S. Pepys Diary 23 Aug. (1974) VIII. 396 Abroad to White-hall in a hackney-coach with Sir W. Penn..we were forced to leap out..(Question: whether a glass-coach would have permitted us to have made that escape).

1689 London Gaz. No. 2487/4 A Glass Coach, Lin'd within with rich Figur'd Velvet..is to be sold.

1706 London Gaz. No. 4224/3 Three Hackney Glass Coaches..are to be sold.

1721 London Gaz. No. 5942/3 Gentlemen..may have a Glass-Coach or Chariot, instead of a Curtain Coach.

1831 T. B. Macaulay in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) I. 243 At seven, the glass coach which I had ordered for myself and some of my friends came to the door.

1839 Sat. Mag. Aug. Supp. 87/1 Glass-coaches are a kind of private coach kept by persons who let them out generally for the day or half-day; and they are considered a grade higher in rank than hackney-coaches.

1844 J. F. Cooper M. Wallingford x Hackney-coaches..are not admitted into the English parks. Glass-coaches are; meaning by this term..hired carriages that do not go on stands.

1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows II. xxxiv. 282 Glass-coach after glass-coach deposited its burden of ladies.

1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life (1890) 17 When middle-class people went to the play..they performed the operation in what was called a glass coach.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	glass-coach
释义	† glass-coachn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: glass n.¹, coach n. Etymology: < glass n.¹ + coach n. Obsolete. The name originally given to a coach with glass windows, as distinguished from those which were unglazed (cf. e.g. curtain-coach); esp. applied to a ‘private’ coach let out for hire, as distinguished from those on public stands. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > covered > coach > other types of coach hanging-waggon1585 glass-coach1667 carriage of respecta1680 shalloon1688 leading coach1704 curtain-coach1706 day coach1784 muddy1800 perch-coach1815 drag1820 1667 S. Pepys Diary 23 Aug. (1974) VIII. 396 Abroad to White-hall in a hackney-coach with Sir W. Penn..we were forced to leap out..(Question: whether a glass-coach would have permitted us to have made that escape). 1689 London Gaz. No. 2487/4 A Glass Coach, Lin'd within with rich Figur'd Velvet..is to be sold. 1706 London Gaz. No. 4224/3 Three Hackney Glass Coaches..are to be sold. 1721 London Gaz. No. 5942/3 Gentlemen..may have a Glass-Coach or Chariot, instead of a Curtain Coach. 1831 T. B. Macaulay in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) I. 243 At seven, the glass coach which I had ordered for myself and some of my friends came to the door. 1839 Sat. Mag. Aug. Supp. 87/1 Glass-coaches are a kind of private coach kept by persons who let them out generally for the day or half-day; and they are considered a grade higher in rank than hackney-coaches. 1844 J. F. Cooper M. Wallingford x Hackney-coaches..are not admitted into the English parks. Glass-coaches are; meaning by this term..hired carriages that do not go on stands. 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows II. xxxiv. 282 Glass-coach after glass-coach deposited its burden of ladies. 1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life (1890) 17 When middle-class people went to the play..they performed the operation in what was called a glass coach. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1667
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