stagecoach

[ steyj-kohch ]

/ ˈsteɪdʒˌkoʊtʃ /

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noun

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

Nearby words

stage-dive, stage-door johnny, stage-driver, stage-manage, stage-struck, stagecoach, stagecraft, staged, stagehand, stager, stagestruck

Origin of stagecoach

First recorded in 1630–40; stage + coach

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Examples from the Web for stagecoach

After supper, you can watch Stagecoach or The Searchers or She Wore a Yellow Ribbon or Cheyenne Autumn.
Monument Valley From the Eyes of a Krazy Kat and John Ford Fan|Malcolm Jones|February 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
For three centuries the stagecoach slowly developed, and its popularity carried it to the continent and later to America.
The Story of the Pullman Car|Joseph Husband
I stared after the stagecoach until it was swallowed up in distance.
Land of the Burnt Thigh|Edith Eudora Kohl
And when the stagecoach came in she would stand with her apron full of horse-chestnuts, and heave 'em at the passengers.
Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870|Various

On the way his stagecoach stuck fast in a bog and the passengers were compelled to leave it until the next morning.
The Paths of Inland Commerce|Archer B. Hulbert
Come to find out, there was no way of getting there except by means of a stagecoach, just as in olden days.
What's your hurry?|George Niblo

British Dictionary definitions for stagecoach

stagecoach

/ (ˈsteɪdʒˌkəʊtʃ) /

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for stagecoach

stagecoach

also stage-coach, 1650s, from stage (n.) in a sense of "division of a journey without stopping for rest" (c.1600) + coach (n.).