˜yÐÄvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

post chaise

noun

  1. a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.


post chaise

noun

  1. a closed four-wheeled horse-drawn coach used as a rapid means for transporting mail and passengers in the 18th and 19th centuries
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of post chaise1

First recorded in 1705–15
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of post chaise1

C18: from post ³ + chaise
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

A replica horse-drawn post chaise will visit the three places in Kent where Major Percy changed horses.

From

At that time the highroad from Dolgelly to Beddgelert and Carnarvon passed the door; but the railway having now superseded the post chaise has left the place somewhat out in the cold.

From

I didn't care to travel with them, but they are not far behind—only just far enough to keep out of the dust of my post chaise.

From

In an hour's time I was in a post chaise, and hastened by the shortest road through Northamptonshire.

From

And a happy journey it was, in our own four-horse post chaise, notwithstanding the roads were muddy, and the March weather precarious.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement