stagecoach

[ steyj-kohch ]

noun

1. a horse-drawn coach that formerly traveled regularly over a fixed route with passengers, parcels, etc.

stagecoach

/ ˈsteɪdʒˌkəʊtʃ /

noun

1. a large four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle formerly used to carry passengers, mail, etc, on a regular route between towns and cities

Word History and Origins

Origin of stagecoach¹

First recorded in 1630–40; stage + coach

Example Sentences

Little Fort Recreation Area, a former stagecoach stop, has nine primitive campsites with no overnight fees.

From Outside Online

The hike begins at the Storm Canyon Vista Trailhead, along Sunrise Highway, and continues north along a wide track with little elevation gain, eventually passing Pioneer Mail Picnic Area, site of a historic stagecoach route.

From Outside Online

After supper, you can watch Stagecoach or The Searchers or She Wore a Yellow Ribbon or Cheyenne Autumn.

From The Daily Beast

This contact with the stagecoach had again brought him face to face with his buried past.

From Project Gutenberg

The people still journeyed by stagecoach, carried tinder-boxes in place of matches, and penknives to mend their quill pens.

From Project Gutenberg

It was not as on the map, or seen from the stagecoach; but there I found it all out of doors, huge and real, Cape Cod!

From Project Gutenberg

Private carriages were much preferred to the stagecoach, as being a more comfortable as well as a safer mode of travel.

From Project Gutenberg

At the end of a fortnight he returned to Warsaw, making the trip in a stagecoach.

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