post-stage
/ˈpəʊs(t)steɪdʒ/noun
Especially 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.
- 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..
Origin
Mid 17th century. From post + stage.
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