mourning coach
noun
1A coach of black colour used by a person during the whole period of his or her mourning (now historical ).
2A closed carriage, usually black, used to convey mourners on the occasion of a funeral.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in James Shirley (bap. 1596, d. 1666), playwright and poet.
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