mail coachn.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪl kəʊtʃ/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪl ˌkoʊtʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mail n.², coach n. and adv.

Etymology: < mail n.² + coach n. and adv.

1. A stagecoach used primarily for the conveyance of mail; (subsequently spec.) a coach employed by the Post Office for carrying parcels by road. Now historical.The mail-coach system was introduced in Britain by John Palmer in 1784, and was superseded by the use of the developing railway system in Britain and elsewhere from the middle of the 19th cent.

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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

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > stagecoach or mail coach

posting carriage1556

wagon1615

post-coach1636

stagecoach1658

flying coach1669

stage1671

wagon-coach1675

stage-wagon1681

post-car1694

post-wagon1694

post calash1703

fly1708

post-carriage1720

post-stage1738

diligence1742

flying machine1764

machine1769

mail coach1785

dilly1786

mail stage1792

high-flyer1799

post-equipage1813

post vehicle1815

tally-ho coach1831

mail packeta1837

flying carriage1849

stager1852

mail-hack1909

1785 J. Woodforde Diary 19 Nov. (1926) II. 215 He..travelled all night in the Mail Coach.

1797 Encycl. Brit. V. 86/2 Mail-coaches, are stage-coaches of a particular construction to prevent overturns; and for a certain consideration carry his majesty's mails.

1813 Act 53 George III c. 68 §6 All letters and Packets which he shall convey, carry or send Post, in or by any Mail Coach or Carriage.

1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 433 Four years ago the only way of traversing these 1,721 miles between the Missouri and the Pacific was by mail coaches.

1896 42nd Rept. Postm.-General 5 There has been no extension this year of the system of night mail coaches for the conveyance of parcels.

1962 E. Bruton Dict. Clocks & Watches 108 Mail Guard's Watch. Special ‘watch’ carried by the guard on a mail coach along with his blunderbuss.

1974 D. J. Smith Discovering Horse-drawn Carriages vi. 29 Mail-coaches were hired to the Government and constructed by a firm of coach-builders known as John Vidler and Company.

2. British. A railway carriage designed for the conveyance (and often the sorting) of mail.

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society > communication > correspondence > postal services > person or vehicle that carries letters or mail > [noun] > vehicle or vessel > railway vehicle

mail coach1838

mail train1839

mail car1842

night mail1842

post-office car1851

mail1862

postal car1864

postal1891

1838 Act 1 & 2 Victoria c. 98 §12 If the Company..shall refuse to carry on their Railway any Mail Coaches [etc.].

1890 T. L. James in Railways Amer. 335 The fifth..car is the last mail coach on the train.

1982 J. Mackay Guinness Bk. Stamps 30 Mailbags sent forward by train from Manchester were fastened between the engine and mail-coach.

Compounds

General attributive, as mail coach road, etc.

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1793 Northern Star (Belfast) 22 May It is eligibly situated for a great run of Business, being central between Belfast and Newtonards, and on the Mail Coach Road between the former and Donaghadee.

1813 Ld. Byron Let. 22 Aug. (1974) III. 94 In a ‘mail-coach copy’ of the Edinburgh, I perceive the Giaour is 2d article. The numbers are still in the Leith smack.

1815 Ld. Byron Let. 10 Jan. (1975) IV. 252 Scott's ‘Lord of the Isles’ is out—‘the mail-coach copy’ I have, by special licence of Murray.

1822 Papers relating to H. Burgess's Claim 3 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 454) XVIII. 173 To eight pair of best mail coach lamps £.12 12s.

1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 352 He is like the mail coach traveller.

1885 J. W. Hyde Royal Mail (ed. 2) iii. 65 Yet the mail-coach days had charms and attractions for travellers.

1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman x. 153 The Earl regained consciousness to find himself lying with his head in Miss Morville's lap, his elaborate Mail-coach cravat untied, and the scent of aromatic vinegar in his nostrils.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mail coach
释义	mail coachn. Brit. /ˈmeɪl kəʊtʃ/, U.S. /ˈmeɪl ˌkoʊtʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mail n.², coach n. and adv. Etymology: < mail n.² + coach n. and adv. 1. A stagecoach used primarily for the conveyance of mail; (subsequently spec.) a coach employed by the Post Office for carrying parcels by road. Now historical.The mail-coach system was introduced in Britain by John Palmer in 1784, and was superseded by the use of the developing railway system in Britain and elsewhere from the middle of the 19th cent. 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 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > stagecoach or mail coach posting carriage1556 wagon1615 post-coach1636 stagecoach1658 flying coach1669 stage1671 wagon-coach1675 stage-wagon1681 post-car1694 post-wagon1694 post calash1703 fly1708 post-carriage1720 post-stage1738 diligence1742 flying machine1764 machine1769 mail coach1785 dilly1786 mail stage1792 high-flyer1799 post-equipage1813 post vehicle1815 tally-ho coach1831 mail packeta1837 flying carriage1849 stager1852 mail-hack1909 1785 J. Woodforde Diary 19 Nov. (1926) II. 215 He..travelled all night in the Mail Coach. 1797 Encycl. Brit. V. 86/2 Mail-coaches, are stage-coaches of a particular construction to prevent overturns; and for a certain consideration carry his majesty's mails. 1813 Act 53 George III c. 68 §6 All letters and Packets which he shall convey, carry or send Post, in or by any Mail Coach or Carriage. 1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 433 Four years ago the only way of traversing these 1,721 miles between the Missouri and the Pacific was by mail coaches. 1896 42nd Rept. Postm.-General 5 There has been no extension this year of the system of night mail coaches for the conveyance of parcels. 1962 E. Bruton Dict. Clocks & Watches 108 Mail Guard's Watch. Special ‘watch’ carried by the guard on a mail coach along with his blunderbuss. 1974 D. J. Smith Discovering Horse-drawn Carriages vi. 29 Mail-coaches were hired to the Government and constructed by a firm of coach-builders known as John Vidler and Company. 2. British. A railway carriage designed for the conveyance (and often the sorting) of mail. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > person or vehicle that carries letters or mail > [noun] > vehicle or vessel > railway vehicle mail coach1838 mail train1839 mail car1842 night mail1842 post-office car1851 mail1862 postal car1864 postal1891 1838 Act 1 & 2 Victoria c. 98 §12 If the Company..shall refuse to carry on their Railway any Mail Coaches [etc.]. 1890 T. L. James in Railways Amer. 335 The fifth..car is the last mail coach on the train. 1982 J. Mackay Guinness Bk. Stamps 30 Mailbags sent forward by train from Manchester were fastened between the engine and mail-coach. Compounds General attributive, as mail coach road, etc. ΚΠ 1793 Northern Star (Belfast) 22 May It is eligibly situated for a great run of Business, being central between Belfast and Newtonards, and on the Mail Coach Road between the former and Donaghadee. 1813 Ld. Byron Let. 22 Aug. (1974) III. 94 In a ‘mail-coach copy’ of the Edinburgh, I perceive the Giaour is 2d article. The numbers are still in the Leith smack. 1815 Ld. Byron Let. 10 Jan. (1975) IV. 252 Scott's ‘Lord of the Isles’ is out—‘the mail-coach copy’ I have, by special licence of Murray. 1822 Papers relating to H. Burgess's Claim 3 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 454) XVIII. 173 To eight pair of best mail coach lamps £.12 12s. 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 352 He is like the mail coach traveller. 1885 J. W. Hyde Royal Mail (ed. 2) iii. 65 Yet the mail-coach days had charms and attractions for travellers. 1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman x. 153 The Earl regained consciousness to find himself lying with his head in Miss Morville's lap, his elaborate Mail-coach cravat untied, and the scent of aromatic vinegar in his nostrils. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1785
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