post-carn.
/ˈpəʊs(t)kɑː/, U.S. /ˈpoʊs(t)ˌkɑr/ Now historical and rare.
A vehicle for conveying post; a carriage for conveying passengers who wish to travel quickly, changing horses at intervals.
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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
1694 W. Penn Acct. Travails Holland & Germany 242 We immediately took a Post-carr, and came next day about two in the Afternoon to Cleve.
1812 R. Wilson Private Diary (1861) I. 140 The boyard..gave every aid, and a little car into the bargain for the soldiers, as being larger than the post cars.
1894 Leisure Hour Jan. 157/2 Just as I was about to set out, the host asked me, as a favour, to permit another traveller to share the carriage as far as the nearest railway station, as he had missed the post-car.
1922 Lady Gregory Image ii, in Image, & Other Plays 48 Word I have to send them by the post-car [that] will be passing at break of day.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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