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Definitions for stagecoach
ˈsteɪdʒˌkoʊtʃstage·coach

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stagecoach, stagenoun

    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"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Stagecoachnoun

    A coach that keeps its stages; a coach that passes and repasses on certain days for the accommodation of passengers.

    Etymology: stage and coach.

    The story was told me by a priest, as we travelled in a stagecoach. Addison.

    When late their miry sides stagecoaches show,
    And their stiff horses through the town move slow,
    Then let the prudent walker shoes provide. John Gay.

Wikipedia

  1. Stagecoach

    A stagecoach is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by four horses although some versions are drawn by six horses. Commonly used before steam-powered rail transport was available, a stagecoach made long scheduled trips using stage stations or posts where the stagecoach's horses would be replaced by fresh horses. The business of running stagecoaches or the act of journeying in them was known as staging.Some familiar images of the stagecoach are that of a Royal Mail coach passing through a turnpike gate, a Dickensian passenger coach covered in snow pulling up at a coaching inn, a highwayman demanding a coach to "stand and deliver" and a Wells Fargo stagecoach arriving at or leaving a Wild West town. The yard of ale drinking glass is associated by legend with stagecoach drivers, though it was mainly used for drinking feats and special toasts.

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  1. stagecoach

    A stagecoach is a large, enclosed four-wheeled vehicle, historically drawn by four or more horses, used for transporting passengers and goods, and typically running between different stages or stations on a fixed route. It was commonly used during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stagecoachnoun

    a coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers

Wikidata

  1. Stagecoach

    A stagecoach is a type of covered wagon for passengers and goods. It is strongly sprung and drawn by four horses, usually four-in-hand. Widely used before the introduction of railway transport, it made regular trips between stages or stations, which were places of rest provided for stagecoach travelers. The business of running stagecoaches or the act of journeying in them was known as staging.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stagecoach in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stagecoach in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of stagecoach in a Sentence

  1. Washington Irving:

    There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift ones position, and be bruised in a new place.

  2. Anita Loos:

    On a plane you can pick up more and better people than on any other public conveyance since the stagecoach.

  3. Dean Katz:

    Right now, it’s like the Wild West, stagecoach robberies are going to happen.

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