post road

noun

(formerly) a road with stations for furnishing horses for postriders, mail coaches, or travelers.
a road or route over which mail is carried.

Origin of post road

First recorded in 1650–60

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Historical Examples of post road

On the other side there are many Russian villages, for the post-road is on that side.
Condemned as a Nihilist
George Alfred Henty
By the post-road it is 172 leagues distant from Buenos Ayres.
Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de La Plata
Woodbine Parish
I started down the Post-Road then, an' I come upon what had happened.
Nobody's Child
Elizabeth Dejeans
The distance from the city of Cordova to that of Santiago del Estero is 110 leagues by the post-road.
Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de La Plata
Woodbine Parish
Baird's horse had brought him down into the hollow, to where the creek crossed the Post-Road.
Nobody's Child
Elizabeth Dejeans

British Dictionary definitions for post road

post road

noun

a road or route over which post is carried and along which post houses were formerly sited

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