| 单词 | coachee | 
| 释义 | coacheen.1 U.S. Chiefly historical after mid 19th cent.   A lightweight horse-drawn carriage; spec. a light, relatively long carriage with seating for several passengers and an open front, often used by families.Although the name coachee appears to have been applied rather loosely to various coachlike vehicles used for various purposes, a typical family coachee of c1840 resembled a coach with relatively long, lightweight body suspended on leather straps or springs, large unglazed windows with leather or cloth curtains, two doors in the side or one at the rear for passengers, and an open front (sometimes with a curtain) with a bench seat for the driver. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > 			[noun]		 > types of carriage > light carriage > long coachee1789 1789    Pennsylvania Packet 27 Apr. 		(advt.)	  				At the same Time and Place will be Sold, Ten Riding Chairs..; One Phæton; One Coach; One Coachee; One Light Waggon, Saddles, Bridles, &c. &c. 1801    C. B. Brown in  W. Dunlap Life of C. B. Brown 		(1815)	 II. 56  				To hire a coachee to take us to Middletown before dinner. 1819    A. Rees Cycl. XXVII. at Philadelphia  				The coachee is a carriage thought to be peculiar to America. 1852    Boston Daily Atlas 18 Mar. 		(advt.)	  				12 superior two wheel Cabs,..2 superior Coachees, for six persons. 1948    J. D. Rittenhouse Amer. Horse-drawn Vehicles 37  				Coachee. This example..had C-springs made of hickory. 1993    Winterthur Portfolio 28 270/2  				The coachee had side doors, varnished panels, and an interior curtain to separate the passengers and driver. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). coacheecoachyn.1 2.  In form  coachee /kəʊˈtʃiː/ U.S. A long, lightweight horse-carriage. Obsolete exc. historical. Π 1790    Pennsylvania Packet 		(Philadelphia)	 9 Oct. 3/1  				They have for Hire..A Coach, Coachee, and several Chaises, all in good order. 1801    C. B. Brown in  W. Dunlap Mem. 167  				To hire a coachee to take us to Middletown. 1809    E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. I. xii. 134  				Two coaches, two phaetons, ten coachees, and three other four-wheeled carriages. 1819    A. Rees Cycl. XXVII. at Philadelphia  				The coachee is a carriage thought to be peculiar to America. 1832    Act Penn. in  U.S. Stat. 		(1850)	 IV. 554  				[Toll] for every chariot, coach, coachee, stage, wagon,..with two horses and four wheels, twelve cents. 1948    J. D. Rittenhouse Amer. Horse-drawn Vehicles 37  				Coachee. This example..had C-springs made of hickory.  3.  colloquial. In forms  coachee,  coachy /ˈkəʊtʃɪ/. Also  cutchy.				 [Compare cabby, bargee; but also Magyar kocsi, Bohemian kočí, dialect German kutsche, in this sense.]			 A coachman. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > 			[noun]		 > driver of coach coachman1579 coacher1587 coachee1602 voiturier1763 voiturin1768 whipship1817 1602    2nd Pt. Returne from Pernassus 		(Arb.)	  iii. iv. 44  				Or Ile dismount thee [sc. Phoebus] from thy radiant coach, And make thee a poore Cutchy here on earth. 1803    R. Southey Select. from Lett. 		(1856)	 I. 1  				The name of Tom Lamb made the coachee my friend. c1817    J. Hogg Tales & Sketches III. 296  				Laughed at poor coachy's predicament. 1864    Social Sci. Rev. 34  				Coachy having lighted his large German pipe. 1873    T. Cooper Paradise of Martyrs v. 223  				The dash Down hill and up, o' the mail..to coachee's chirrup. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019). coacheen.2  One who is ‘coached’ (see coach v. 3).Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1866    London Rev. 18 Aug. 180/1  				The coach and the coachee can..soothe their consciences by the reflection. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2019). <  | 
	
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