coach house
Americannoun
noun
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a building in which a coach is kept
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Also called: coaching house. coaching inn. history an inn along a coaching route at which horses were changed
Etymology
Origin of coach house
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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In the 1990s, the celebrated English garden designer and writer, Penelope Hobhouse, built a garden at Bettiscombe in the Marshwood Vale on the grounds of a former coach house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Beside the main residence, the estate has a detached coach house with a home theater on the first floor and a studio apartment on the second.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022
The Victorian dovecote in the eaves of the coach house may even remain home to the family of jackdaws now living there.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2021
The authority is spending more than $6 million to move the home and the adjacent coach house.
From Chicago Tribune ● Nov. 9, 2014
Finally, I turn into the alley and steer around the potholes until we get behind Tiny's coach house.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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