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
Rogers said the coach house was occupied by her sailboat’s captain in the summertime.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022
The neglected coach house that she turns into an art studio is the only comfort she takes in “the Lodge,” the rural Victorian villa that gives her the willies, but that Tom insisted they buy.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2020
The authority is spending more than $6 million to move the home and the adjacent coach house.
From Chicago Tribune ● Nov. 9, 2014
I don't think either of his parents have jobs, but they are so disgustingly rich that Tiny Cooper doesn't even live in the mansion; he lives in the mansion's coach house, all by himself.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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