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stagecoach

noun

Definition of stagecoach

as in buckboard

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Recent Examples of stagecoach Another historic gem, Black Mountain Inn, was built in the 1830s as a stagecoach stop. — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026 This Gold Rush-era stagecoach stop turned 11-room waterfront retreat offers relaxing amenities, including fireplaces, outdoor fire pits, and freestanding soaking tubs. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 7 Apr. 2026 From there, letters were ferried by boat and trotted by stagecoach up to North Carolina, where important correspondence was loaded onto a steam locomotive to Virginia. — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026 As in Radio Flyer, stagecoach, wooden-panel and former Roadmasters. — Jesus R. Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stagecoach

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Noun

The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.

— Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017

Definition of buckboard

Noun

During the period known as the Xi (Western) Zhou dynasty (1046–771 bce), warfare had been dominated by aristocratic elites and chariot forces and was generally conducted by armies smaller than those of subsequent centuries.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
Moments later, Sol’s chariot resumed its fiery march across the sky, just as modern science predicted.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of chariot

Noun

Daimler Trucks North America The system is designed to recognize fast-moving vehicles (including motorcycles) crossing the truck's path, expanding the truck's ability to respond to traffic situations that can be difficult to assess from the cab.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026
Marian and Larry get to dancing, and Larry offers to share his cab home with Marian in the midst of a tropical storm — based on a real one in 1885 — that has hit New York, spooking the horses pulling their carriage into breaking one of the wheels.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of cab

Noun

If Austen had ever conceived one of her novels as a Regency Bachelorette, with the suitors driving up in barouches, the unmarried heroine would have ordered them all to turn around and go home.

— Tom Gliatto, People.com, 19 July 2025
Guests arriving by train were met and returned to the station by an open barouche, a six-horse tallyho that brought them to the three-story-high wooden structure with a roof of gray-red-peach bottom slate, that was modeled after Swiss Alpine hotels.

— Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023

Definition of barouche

Noun

Doncic has been on a scoring tear for the Lakers, his play at such a high level that even coach JJ Redick has marveled at the guard’s achievements.

— Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Illinois coach Brad Underwood watches players practice before a Final Four game against UConn on April 3, 2026, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

— Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of coach

Noun

Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024
An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.

— Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022

Definition of phaeton

Noun

Accessibility Fully accessible villas are available, as is step-free access throughout and buggies on demand.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026
But off camera, the actress has traded Hollywood's hustle for a quieter life raising her two daughters on a Tennessee farm in a town of just 800 people — where horses and buggies are still a familiar sight.

— Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of buggy

Noun

Pace sold Jean Dubuffet’s painting La chaise (1964) for a price over $5 million.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
In the living room, a cardboard chair by British designer Max Lamb faces a Le Corbusier Lc4 chaise chair by Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret for Cassina covered in a cowhide.

— Gay Gassmann, Architectural Digest, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of chaise

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