post chaise

American  

noun

1. a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.

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post chaise British  

noun

1. a closed four-wheeled horse-drawn coach used as a rapid means for transporting mail and passengers in the 18th and 19th centuries

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Etymology

Origin of post chaise

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

A replica horse-drawn post chaise will visit the three places in Kent where Major Percy changed horses.

From BBC

At that time the highroad from Dolgelly to Beddgelert and Carnarvon passed the door; but the railway having now superseded the post chaise has left the place somewhat out in the cold.

From Project Gutenberg

I didn't care to travel with them, but they are not far behind—only just far enough to keep out of the dust of my post chaise.

From Project Gutenberg

In an hour's time I was in a post chaise, and hastened by the shortest road through Northamptonshire.

From Project Gutenberg

A squad of fifteen or more British soldiers surrounded an overturned post chaise, from the tangled harness of which, four frightened and struggling horses were being extricated by trembling postilions.

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