night mailn.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪt meɪl/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪt ˌmeɪl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., mail n.²

Etymology: < night n. + mail n.²

A train that carries mail across the country by night. Frequently attributive. Cf. mail n.² 3.

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

1842 Southern Q. Rev. Jan. 84 Mr. Biddle, without the delay of a moment, took passage in the night-mail line to New York.

1857 D. G. Rossetti Let. 17 Apr. (1965) I. 322 Except by going by the night mail..it would be impracticable for me to be in town by Sunday.

1884 D. Pae Eustace 110 The night mail from the north reached its destination in Edinburgh.

1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist ii He was travelling with his father by the night mail to Cork.

1940 L. W. Eshleman Life W. Morris 117 Their boat..docked at Granton. Here Morris caught the night mail for London.

1988 M. Bradbury Unsent Lett. 92 It was a time of nightmarish atmospheres and general foreboding, with..the nightmail express steaming for the north.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	night mail
释义	night mailn. Brit. /ˈnʌɪt meɪl/, U.S. /ˈnaɪt ˌmeɪl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., mail n.² Etymology: < night n. + mail n.² A train that carries mail across the country by night. Frequently attributive. Cf. mail n.² 3. 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 1842 Southern Q. Rev. Jan. 84 Mr. Biddle, without the delay of a moment, took passage in the night-mail line to New York. 1857 D. G. Rossetti Let. 17 Apr. (1965) I. 322 Except by going by the night mail..it would be impracticable for me to be in town by Sunday. 1884 D. Pae Eustace 110 The night mail from the north reached its destination in Edinburgh. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist ii He was travelling with his father by the night mail to Cork. 1940 L. W. Eshleman Life W. Morris 117 Their boat..docked at Granton. Here Morris caught the night mail for London. 1988 M. Bradbury Unsent Lett. 92 It was a time of nightmarish atmospheres and general foreboding, with..the nightmail express steaming for the north. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842
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