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stagecoach

noun

Definition of stagecoach

as in buckboard

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Recent Examples of stagecoach 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 Across the street from Austin’s Tesla dealership is one of the last remaining structures in Central Texas that once served as a stagecoach stop. — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 Jan. 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

Never mind that he was ejected from the chariot along the way; Nero was declared the winner.

— Vahe Gregorian July 7, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
For example, last Wednesday, the game challenged me with a picture of a bronze sculpture that looked somewhat like a chariot.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 6 July 2026

Definition of chariot

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

Only one is from a power conference and most of the others have played musical coaches in the hope of finally playing beyond the regular season.

— Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Electing to keep his No 5 on the field, the Brazil head coach made a subtle tactical tweak that saw Endrick enter the action and brought Matheus Cunha further to the left flank — which unlocked the attacking prowess of Vinicius Junior.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 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

Passengers would debark at Country Club Station, near the intersection of what is now Cantrell Road and Kavanaugh Boulevard, and would either walk or ride in a buggy to the country club.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2026
The first cars looked like horse buggies.

— Aswin Saravanan, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

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