stagecoach
pronunciation
How to pronounce stagecoach in British English:
UK [ˈsteɪdʒkəʊtʃ]
How to pronounce stagecoach in American English:
US [ˈsteɪdʒkoʊtʃ]
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- Noun:
- a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
Word Origin
- stagecoach (n.)
- also stage-coach, 1650s, from stage (n.) in a sense of "division of a journey without stopping for rest" (c. 1600) + coach (n.).
Example
- 1. You came in last nighton a stagecoach , right ?
- 2. The deal almost broke stagecoach , and most of the us business was sold off at a substantial loss .
- 3. Visitors in these early years were faced with poor roads and limited services , and most access into the park was on horse or via stagecoach .
- 4. Out of nowhere appeared a stagecoach .
- 5. The pony express was much faster than the stagecoach .