post chaise

• post-chaise

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊstʃeɪz/

post chaise (plural post chaises)

1. (historical) An enclosed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, used to transport mail and passengers.
   • 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:

     She had lately remitted the trespass of a stage-coachman, who had overturned her post-chaise into a ditch;

• chaise longue