post chaise
a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Origin of post chaise
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How to use post chaise in a sentence
I only want formally to report myself before taking post-chaise to London.
A Roving Commission | G. A. HentyAt four o'clock, two days later, the post-chaise drove up to the principal hotel at Yeovil.
A Roving Commission | G. A. HentyIf they try to squeeze six people into an infernal box that only holds four, I'll take a post-chaise and bring an action.
The Pickwick Papers | Charles DickensA few hours after Mr. Vincent had read this letter he threw himself into a post-chaise, and set out for Germany.
Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) | Maria EdgeworthThen we consulted about our imminent start, and I told my servant it would be better to send the post-chaise across the Seine.
Lazarre | Mary Hartwell Catherwood
British Dictionary definitions for post chaise
a closed four-wheeled horse-drawn coach used as a rapid means for transporting mail and passengers in the 18th and 19th centuries
Origin of post chaise
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