stagecoach

stage·coach

S0694000 (stāj′kōch′)n. A four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle formerly used to transport mail and passengers over a regular route.

stagecoach

(ˈsteɪdʒˌkəʊtʃ) n (Automotive Engineering) a large four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle formerly used to carry passengers, mail, etc, on a regular route between towns and cities

stage•coach

(ˈsteɪdʒˌkoʊtʃ)

n. a horse-drawn coach that formerly traveled over a fixed route with passengers, parcels, etc. [1630–40]

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stagecoach - a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns; "we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles"stagecoach-and-four, four-in-hand, coach - a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver

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公共马车

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(steidʒ) noun1. a period or step in the development of something. The plan is in its early stages; At this stage, we don't know how many survivors there are.阶段2. part of a journey. The first stage of our journey will be the flight to Singapore.旅游中的一阶段3. a section of a bus route. （公共汽车的）站间距离或站 4. a section of a rocket. （火箭的）级 ˈstagecoach noun a closed vehicle pulled by horses that travelled in former times along a regular route and carried passengers and mail. 公共马车

stagecoach

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heavy, closed vehicle on wheels, usually drawn by horses, formerly used to transport passengers and goods overland. Throughout the Middle Ages and until about the end of the 18th cent., the condition of roads in Europe discouraged the use of wheeled vehicles, and travel by land was regularly on horseback. In America until the end of the 18th cent. the traveler often had to make his way on horseback or on foot over a Native American trail. Slow and clumsy stagecoaches were operated irregularly in England and America from the early 18th cent. Stagecoaches first made their 400-mi (643-km) journey between London and Edinburgh in 1785, the time required being 10 days in summer and 12 days in winter. In the same year a stagecoach connection was established between New York City and Albany. Improved roads had made the stagecoach possible, and in turn the stagecoach encouraged the improvement of roads. Stagecoaches varied in design. Typically they were drawn by four or six horses, which were changed at the stages, or stations, along the route, the coach traveling about 12 to 18 hr a day and covering c.40 mi (60 km) a day in summer and 25 mi (40 km) in winter. Breeds of coach horses, e.g., the Cleveland bay and the German coach horse, were developed for strength and speed. The coach had room for eight to fourteen passengers, besides baggage, mail, and the driver. Two of the passengers rode in the seat with the driver; each of the other seats had room for three passengers. To diminish jolting, the body of the coach was supported by two leather straps (the "thorough braces"). The fare varied with time and place, averaging in America about five cents a mile. Competition from mail coaches, established in England in 1784, brought improvements in the comfort, speed, and schedules of stagecoaches, but the great period of the coaches ended in the early 19th cent. as railroads were built.

stagecoach

a large four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle formerly used to carry passengers, mail, etc., on a regular route between towns and cities

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noun a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns

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Synonyms for stagecoach

noun a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns

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