post-stagen.
/ˈpəʊs(t)steɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈpoʊs(t)ˌsteɪdʒ/ 1. Esp. in the 17th cent.: a stopping place, station, or stage on a post road, to which the mail was carried from the previous stage and from which it was forwarded to the next; (also) the distance between any two of these places. Now historical.At each post-stage fresh post-horses were kept in readiness for carrying the mail, or for the use of express messengers and private travellers.
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society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > postal stage
post1603
post-stage1642
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary > for travellers, pilgrims, etc. > resting-place on journey
baiting1477
baiting-placec1530
stage1603
post-stage1642
station1722
post station1749
station house1815
stopping-place1827
stage-stand1856
refreshment stop1880
pull-up1899
1642 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1906) 2nd Ser. VII. 327 [Order] for establishing post stages betuix Edinburgh and Portpatrik and Portpatrik and Carlill.
1685 Royal Proclam. 7 Sept. in London Gaz. No. 2068/1 Not to Carry any Ship Letters..beyond the first Post-stage to which they shall arrive in England.
1695 London Gaz. No. 3087/4 An Act for settling Post-Stages throughout this Kingdom.
1738 S. Whatley tr. K. L. von Pöllnitz Mem. IV. 39 He travell'd Seven Post Stages without Baiting.
1785 D. Paterson Paterson's Brit. Itinerary I. Pref. p. vii An Index to the Direct Roads from London to every City, Town, and considerable Village or Post Stage in England and Wales.
1850 Harper's Mag. July 271 To-morrow what has been to-day; to-day what has been yesterday. Here, a post-stage, there a post-stage, and further the same post-stage again.
1876 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 21 35 At about 4 miles from the ridge we passed a deserted post-stage, half submerged under the advancing sands.
1937 Discovery Aug. 245/1 Howard meant to avoid the next post-stage, which was Crewkerne.
1960 Trans. & Papers (Inst. Brit. Geogr.) No. 27. 50 In Bondgate the White Swan..was the largest of all, having then already increased its frontage by the amalgamation of two of the ancient burgages. It was the post-stage of the town.
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society > communication > correspondence > postal services > person or vehicle that carries letters or mail > [noun] > vehicle or vessel > road vehicle
post-caroche1627
post-coach1636
post calash1703
post-carriage1720
post-stage1738
mail-cart1767
Royal Mail?1780
mail coach1785
mail stage1792
mail carriage1810
post-equipage1813
post vehicle1815
mail wagon1821
post-cart1826
mail-van1909
mail truck1921
postbus1957
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > stagecoach or mail coach
posting carriage1556
wagon1615
post-coach1636
stagecoach1658
flying coach1669
stage1671
wagon-coach1675
stage-wagon1681
post-car1694
post-wagon1694
post calash1703
fly1708
post-carriage1720
post-stage1738
diligence1742
flying machine1764
machine1769
mail coach1785
dilly1786
mail stage1792
high-flyer1799
post-equipage1813
post vehicle1815
tally-ho coach1831
mail packeta1837
flying carriage1849
stager1852
mail-hack1909
1738 Virginia Gaz. 28 Apr. 4/1 Alexander Spotswood, Esq.;..lately formed a new Regulation for carrying on the several Post-Stages with greater Expedition and Certainty than hitherto.
1771 Boston Gaz. 18 Feb. 3/3 The Post-stage from and to Portsmouth in New-Hampshire, lately put up at the Sign of the Admiral Vernon in King-street, Boston, is now removed to Mrs. Bean's at the Sign of the Ship on Launch.
1878 J. M. LeMoine Chron. St. Lawrence 21 When being jolted in a two-wheeled post stage, without springs, over these villainous roads, the traveller will do well to fix beforehand the stopping places (for meals), as hostelries are few and far between.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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