单词 | mail carriage |
释义 | > as lemmasmail carriage mail carriage n. (a) a carriage used for the conveyance of mail; (b) the transportation of mail. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > person or vehicle that carries letters or mail > [noun] > vehicle or vessel > road vehicle post-caroche1627 post-coach1636 post calash1703 post-carriage1720 post-stage1738 mail-cart1767 Royal Mail?1780 mail coach1785 mail stage1792 mail carriage1810 post-equipage1813 post vehicle1815 mail wagon1821 post-cart1826 mail-van1909 mail truck1921 postbus1957 1810 T. Jefferson Let. 20 Sept. in Papers (2006) Retirement Ser. III. 103 The roads..are over a continued succession of river cliffs, impracticable for a mail carriage. 1859 All Year Round 18 June 190/2 The mail carriages..consisted of a sorting carriage and mail-bag van. 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career x. 166 The Crampton line of public travel and mail carriage was only one of the many tributaries to the great trunk lines. < as lemmas |
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