post chaise

/ˈpəʊstʃeɪz/

noun

An enclosed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, used to transport mail and passengers.

OriginFrench chaise →
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Meanings

nounpost chaise (plural post chaises)

plural post chaises · alternative post-chaise

  1. historicalAn enclosed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, used to transport mail and passengers.

    She had lately remitted the Treſpaſs of a Stage-coach Man, who had overturned her Poſt-chaiſe into a Ditch; […]

    1749, Henry Fielding, “The Wise Demeanour of Mr. Western in the Character of a Magistrate. […]”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII, pages 62–63

Origin

  1. Frenchchaise
  2. Englishpost chaise

From post + chaise (“type of carriage”) or its etymon, French chaise.

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Translations

Finnish postivaunu
  • postivaunua horse-drawn carriage, closed and with four-wheels
German Postkutsche
  • Postkutschea horse-drawn carriage, closed and with four-wheels
Polish dyliżans
  • dyliżansa horse-drawn carriage, closed and with four-wheels
Romanian poștalion
  • poștaliona horse-drawn carriage, closed and with four-wheels
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APA

post chaise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post%20chaise

MLA

“post chaise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post%20chaise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “post chaise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post%20chaise.

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