单词 | day coach |
释义 | day coachn. 1. A horse-drawn passenger coach that travels by day, esp. one that makes a journey in a single day. Cf. night coach n. (a) at night n. and int. Compounds 4. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > covered > coach > other types of coach hanging-waggon1585 glass-coach1667 carriage of respecta1680 shalloon1688 leading coach1704 curtain-coach1706 day coach1784 muddy1800 perch-coach1815 drag1820 1784 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 1 June For the greater conveniency of those persons who dislike travelling in the night..a new day coach sets off from the..Inn every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene II. ii. 206 We..took the day coach down to Ilfracombe, where my mother had decided upon taking up her future residence. 1888 A. Maudslay Highways & Horses ii. 73 Long-distance day-coaches were established when the ‘Wonder’ ran to Shrewsbury, 158 miles, in one day. 1907 C. G. Harper Manch. & Glasgow Road I. v. 29 About 1824 began the era of the fast day coaches, and fine vehicles, handsome horses, and decent harness were provided for the travelling public. 1982 Clogher Rec. 11 34 A day coach to Dublin ran in opposition to the Mail at various times between 1824 and the coming of the railways. 2012 M. C. Sullivan Path of Mercy xiii. 198 They arrived at the Carlow–Kilkenny Day Coach Office on Duke Street early on April 10.., hoping to reach Carlow by three. 2. Originally and chiefly North American. a. A standard railway passenger carriage, esp. as distinguished from a sleeper (sleeper n. 5a). Cf. day car n. at day n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers steam-carriage1788 railway carriage1824 carriage1825 railroad carriage1826 railroad car1829 railroad coach1829 rail carriage1831 coach1832 passenger car1832 steam-car1833 passenger carriage1838 passenger coach1841 day coach1869 bogie1919 clockwork orange1978 1869 Railway News 13 Nov. 1/3 This Train will be composed of the Finest Drawing Room and Sleeping Coaches in the World: as also, the New and Improved Day Coaches peculiar to this line. 1887 C. B. George 40 Years on Rail xi. 226 A passenger on his way to the dining-car came out of the day coach into the ladies' end of my car. 1924 W. M. Raine Troubled Waters vii. 68 I'm going forward to the day coach. 1942 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 6 Oct. 7/2 [The President] doesn't go day coach as I did. 1986 Toronto Star (Nexis) 10 Feb. a1 The charred remains of a daycoach that was near the front of the doomed Vancouver to Winnipeg train. 2005 C. Slack Hetty x. 137 Often she traveled alone, invariably by day coach rather than in a more expensive sleeper car. b. In extended use: an aeroplane with seating like that in a railway carriage, providing an economical daytime service for a large number of passengers. Frequently attributive. Cf. coach adv.. Now rare.Often contrasted with night coach. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > aircraft for goods or passengers liner1905 tramp1905 airliner1908 taxi1909 taxi plane1909 air ferry1916 air freighter1919 passenger plane1919 air taxi1920 freighter1920 flying boxcar1932 ferry1939 shuttle plane1944 day coach1945 feeder liner1946 charter1959 night coach1959 1930 Air Trav. News Feb. 29/1 (caption) View of the interior of the huge Keystone ‘Patrician’. In the upper photo is seen the day coach effect; in the lower photo, the same seats have been converted into Pullman berths. 1942 U.S. Air Services Apr. 37 (advt.) ‘Flying daycoaches’, with the comforts of air travel, will cut time and distance for everyone.] 1945 Air Transport Mar. 30 They speak of the plane as ideal for operation between New York and London..as a transcontinental luxury airliner; and, with streetcar or bus type of seating, as a daycoach operating between New York and Miami..and between Chicago and New York. 1947 Shell Aviation News 112 4/1 Atlantic has applied to the Civil Aeronautics Board for permission to operate day coach services in the triangular area, New York, Washington and Pittsburg. 1959 Wall St. Jrnl. 7 Oct. 23/6 Standard first class Miami-New York fare one-way is $80.80, regular daycoach is $54.55 and regular nightcoach is $46.80. 1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 Mar. 31 United Airlines and Trans World Airlines immediately matched the fare for their off-peak and night-coach flights. The current daycoach fare of $149 was not affected. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1784 |
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