stagecoach
[steyj-kohch]
- a horse-drawn coach that formerly traveled regularly over a fixed route with passengers, parcels, etc.
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Contemporary Examples of stagecoach
After supper, you can watch Stagecoach or The Searchers or She Wore a Yellow Ribbon or Cheyenne Autumn.
Historical Examples of stagecoach
I stared after the stagecoach until it was swallowed up in distance.
Land of the Burnt ThighEdith Eudora Kohl
This contact with the stagecoach had again brought him face to face with his buried past.
The Three PartnersBret Harte
We may take the stagecoach, or a private coach, or tally-ho.
American Inventions and InventorsWilliam A. Mowry
The Governor traveled by stagecoach from Williamsburg to Germanna.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of VirginiaDorothy M. Torpey
At the end of a fortnight he returned to Warsaw, making the trip in a stagecoach.
Stories of Great MusiciansKathrine Lois Scobey
stagecoach
- 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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