stagecoach
a horse-drawn coach that formerly traveled regularly over a fixed route with passengers, parcels, etc.
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How to use stagecoach in a sentence
Little Fort Recreation Area, a former stagecoach stop, has nine primitive campsites with no overnight fees.
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.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTThis contact with the stagecoach had again brought him face to face with his buried past.
The Three Partners | Bret HarteThe people still journeyed by stagecoach, carried tinder-boxes in place of matches, and penknives to mend their quill pens.
Heroes of To-Day | Mary R. Parkman
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!
Cape Cod | Henry D. ThoreauPrivate carriages were much preferred to the stagecoach, as being a more comfortable as well as a safer mode of travel.
American Inventions and Inventors | William A. MowryAt the end of a fortnight he returned to Warsaw, making the trip in a stagecoach.
Stories of Great Musicians | Kathrine Lois Scobey
British Dictionary definitions for stagecoach
/ (ˈsteɪdʒˌkəʊtʃ) /
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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