post road
Americannoun
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(formerly) a road with stations for furnishing horses for postriders, mail coaches, or travelers.
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a road or route over which mail is carried.
noun
Etymology
Origin of post road
First recorded in 1650–60
Example Sentences
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He remained firmly oriented toward central Asia and maintained a post road and waystations connecting the Mughal capital of Agra to Kabul.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
“I see there’s a school four miles down. And there’s a ride she can catch at the post road, three-quarter mile from here.”
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
Four of them agreed to watch the road from a hill above, while Paulding, Van Wart, and David Williams were to conceal themselves in the bushes beside the stream and near the post road.
From Elsie on the Hudson by Finley, Martha
Letters could only circulate from one post road to another through London, and such circulation through London involved additional rates of postage.
From The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone by Tombs, Robert Charles
The man stopped to ask the way from Itch, who pointed down the post road over the plain.
From Further Foolishness by Leacock, Stephen
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