coach box
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of coach box
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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They bundled my lord into the coach, box and all, the captain and two men with him.
From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha
"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
And Nana, who had mounted up on the coach box, as though some power had lifted her thither, stood white and trembling and so deeply moved as not to be able to speak.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile
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
Lamps flung some light right and left from the coach box; but within the darkness was deep.
From Wych Hazel by Warner, Susan
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