coach box
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of coach box
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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On the coach box were sitting two dog-catchers, or, as they deferentially style themselves, "the king's dog-catchers"—i. e., hunters of stray dogs—returning home with this morning's catch.
From Yama: the pit by Guerney, Bernard Guilbert
Two men sit at ease on the coach box.
From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru
At last, when the country became rather solitary he ordered the carriage to stop, descended and assisted the wounded Conrad, as he had called him in the town, himself, from the coach box.
From The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. II. by Tieck, Ludwig
"I see nothing of the lady's carriage, sir," said John, leaning over from the coach box.
From Tales of a Traveller by Irving, Washington
I rode forward to Dawson, who was in the coach box, and told him to drive with all the speed he could make.
From Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Major, Charles
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