coach box

American  

noun

1. the seat for the driver of a coach or carriage.

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coach box British  

noun

1. the seat of a coachman on a horse-drawn carriage or coach

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Etymology

Origin of coach box

First recorded in 1645–55

Example Sentences

"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

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

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

The Englishman placed his pistols in the coach box again.

From The Companions of Jehu by Dumas père, Alexandre