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post chaises

post chaises is the plural of post chaise.

Meaning of post chaise

Noun

post chaise (plural post chaises)

  1. (historical) An enclosed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, used to transport mail and passengers.
    • She had lately remitted the trespass of a stage-coachman, who had overturned her post-chaise into a ditch;1749, Henry Fielding, chapter IX, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VI

Questions about post chaises

What is post chaises the plural of?
Post chaises is the plural of post chaise.

Words near post chaises in the dictionary

  1. post captain
  2. post captains
  3. post card
  4. post cards
  5. post chaise
  6. post chaises
  7. post code
  8. post codes
  9. post conception
  10. post count
  11. post counts

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