stagecoach

[ steyj-kohch ]

/ ˈsteɪdʒˌkoʊtʃ /

a horse-drawn coach that formerly traveled regularly over a fixed route with passengers, parcels, etc.

Origin of stagecoach

First recorded in 1630–40; stage + coach

After supper, you can watch Stagecoach or The Searchers or She Wore a Yellow Ribbon or Cheyenne Autumn.

Monument Valley From the Eyes of a Krazy Kat and John Ford Fan |Malcolm Jones |February 3, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
For three centuries the stagecoach slowly developed, and its popularity carried it to the continent and later to America.

The Story of the Pullman Car |Joseph Husband
I stared after the stagecoach until it was swallowed up in distance.

Land of the Burnt Thigh |Edith Eudora Kohl
And when the stagecoach came in she would stand with her apron full of horse-chestnuts, and heave 'em at the passengers.

Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 |Various

On the way his stagecoach stuck fast in a bog and the passengers were compelled to leave it until the next morning.

The Paths of Inland Commerce |Archer B. Hulbert
Come to find out, there was no way of getting there except by means of a stagecoach, just as in olden days.

What's your hurry? |George Niblo

stagecoach

/ (ˈsteɪdʒˌkəʊtʃ) /

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