post roadn.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊs(t)rəʊd/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊs(t)ˌroʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: post n.³, road n.

Etymology: < post n.³ + road n.

Now historical.

A road on which a series of post-houses or stations for post-horses has been established; a road on which mail is carried.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > used by coaches > mail- or post-road

post road1657

mail road1818

1657 in H. Scobell Acts & Ordin. Parl. (1658) c. 30. 513 Letters and Pacquets..to be sent forwards to the City of London, or any other place in any of the Post-Roads, from thence towards the said City.

1685 Royal Proclam. 7 Sept. in London Gaz. No. 2068/2 That no man hereafter may complain for want of a setled Post in or near particular By-Towns or Places lying on the Post-Road.

1711 Royal Proclam. 23 June in London Gaz. No. 4866/1 The Horsing of any Person..Riding Post, (that is to say) Riding several Stages upon a Post-Road.

1762 T. Smollett Adventures Sir Launcelot Greaves I. x. 215 The coach quitted the post-road, and struck away to the right at full speed.

1791 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 81 108 The great post-road from hence into Italy, over Mount Cenis.

1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xxii. 335 The common post-road betwixt Edinburgh and Haddington.

1861 G. A. Spottiswoode in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 86 When we drove into the back yard of the post-station,..the post-master would give us no horses, as the road by which we were to proceed was not a post-road.

1883 Cent. Mag. Mar. 688/1 It was a half-way stopping place for the stages on the old post road.

1904 (U.S.) Congress. Directory 162 [U.S. Senate Committee on] post-offices and post-roads.

1953 Trans. & Papers (Inst. Brit. Geographers) No. 19. 37 Hastings boasted..a number of hard riding ‘Rippiers’ who carried herring and mackerel along the post road to London.

1994 Chapman No. 77. 73 A landscape through which the post road ran like a conduit of brilliant flares.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	post road
释义	post roadn. Brit. /ˈpəʊs(t)rəʊd/, U.S. /ˈpoʊs(t)ˌroʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: post n.³, road n. Etymology: < post n.³ + road n. Now historical. A road on which a series of post-houses or stations for post-horses has been established; a road on which mail is carried. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > used by coaches > mail- or post-road post road1657 mail road1818 1657 in H. Scobell Acts & Ordin. Parl. (1658) c. 30. 513 Letters and Pacquets..to be sent forwards to the City of London, or any other place in any of the Post-Roads, from thence towards the said City. 1685 Royal Proclam. 7 Sept. in London Gaz. No. 2068/2 That no man hereafter may complain for want of a setled Post in or near particular By-Towns or Places lying on the Post-Road. 1711 Royal Proclam. 23 June in London Gaz. No. 4866/1 The Horsing of any Person..Riding Post, (that is to say) Riding several Stages upon a Post-Road. 1762 T. Smollett Adventures Sir Launcelot Greaves I. x. 215 The coach quitted the post-road, and struck away to the right at full speed. 1791 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 81 108 The great post-road from hence into Italy, over Mount Cenis. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xxii. 335 The common post-road betwixt Edinburgh and Haddington. View more context for this quotation 1861 G. A. Spottiswoode in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 86 When we drove into the back yard of the post-station,..the post-master would give us no horses, as the road by which we were to proceed was not a post-road. 1883 Cent. Mag. Mar. 688/1 It was a half-way stopping place for the stages on the old post road. 1904 (U.S.) Congress. Directory 162 [U.S. Senate Committee on] post-offices and post-roads. 1953 Trans. & Papers (Inst. Brit. Geographers) No. 19. 37 Hastings boasted..a number of hard riding ‘Rippiers’ who carried herring and mackerel along the post road to London. 1994 Chapman No. 77. 73 A landscape through which the post road ran like a conduit of brilliant flares. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1657
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