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US
/ˈsteɪdʒˌkoʊtʃ/
]
[ UK /stˈeɪdʒɪkˌəʊtʃ/ ]
[ UK /stˈeɪdʒɪkˌəʊtʃ/ ]
NOUN
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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
How To Use stagecoach In A Sentence
- The heart of the stagecoach's chassis design is a strong cage that surrounds the passenger compartment and supports cargo on the roof.
- She talks about rifle-bearing troops escorting stagecoaches, bullock teams bringing wool down to the coast and families hiding their gold in deep mud.
- Although railroads made the stagecoaches, freight wagons, and steamboats unprofitable and obsolete, virtually no one mourned the passing of these conveyances.
- The railroad was completed in 1853, and with the advent of rail travel the stagecoach lines, which had contributed substantially to the Corner's prosperity, fell into desuetude.
- Finally, Frink and Walker's stage routes also helped lay the groundwork for the rail network that quickly superseded stagecoaches as the region's primary means of mass transportation.
- The Tunis Ordinary was a popular rest stop for stagecoaches and wagons heading westward.
- Their hands were stretched high above their heads as if this were a western and the stagecoach robbers had just told them to grab some sky. TIES THAT BIND
- Messengers would travel by stagecoach armed with pistols and blunderbusses, ready to shoot to kill any bandits or highwaymen.
- Not untypically, Virgin Trains is 49% owned by another transport group, Stagecoach. Virgin brands: What does Richard Branson really own?
- In front of the stagecoach office, the lane is still covered with snow as the stage is on sleigh runners.