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Definition of mail coach in English: mail coachnoun British historical A stagecoach carrying mail along a regular route between two places. a mail coach from Aberdeen passed through the village daily Example sentencesExamples - The plaintiff entered into a contract with the Postmaster General to drive a mail coach.
- The information would have been in the newspapers which came with the mail coaches.
- From this, over the years, the mail coach spread throughout England and soon became one of the wonders of the land.
- John Palmer started the first mail coach service from London to Bristol.
- While Hunt was arrested, Carlile escaped and was hidden by radical friends before catching the mail coach to London.
- When the guard aboard a mail coach blew a blast on his horn, private vehicles pulled over, and tollgate keepers promptly opened the barrier.
- Often he had to go the four miles to the next mail coach by foot.
- Those lucky to own a horse were able to travel much better and faster than those who had to rely on mail coaches.
- Croft secured himself an outside seat on the mail coach behind the driver.
- Soon the hotel became a staging place for mail coaches on the run between Wentworth and South Australia.
- The invention of the steam locomotive rendered stage and mail coaches obsolete.
Definition of mail coach in US English: mail coachnoun British historical A stagecoach carrying mail along a regular route between two places. a mail coach from Aberdeen passed through the village daily Example sentencesExamples - While Hunt was arrested, Carlile escaped and was hidden by radical friends before catching the mail coach to London.
- The invention of the steam locomotive rendered stage and mail coaches obsolete.
- Croft secured himself an outside seat on the mail coach behind the driver.
- Soon the hotel became a staging place for mail coaches on the run between Wentworth and South Australia.
- Those lucky to own a horse were able to travel much better and faster than those who had to rely on mail coaches.
- The information would have been in the newspapers which came with the mail coaches.
- Often he had to go the four miles to the next mail coach by foot.
- John Palmer started the first mail coach service from London to Bristol.
- From this, over the years, the mail coach spread throughout England and soon became one of the wonders of the land.
- When the guard aboard a mail coach blew a blast on his horn, private vehicles pulled over, and tollgate keepers promptly opened the barrier.
- The plaintiff entered into a contract with the Postmaster General to drive a mail coach.
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