Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A route, whether by rail or boat, designated as the required line or route for the transmission of the mails.

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Examples

  • Under the treaties of 1858 and 1860 a post-route between the Russian frontier and Kalgan was established, and in spite of the competing railway through Manchuria, a horse-post still crosses the desert three times a month each way.

    A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Elizabeth Kimball Kendall

  • Three other women draftsmen note the reported changes in the postal service of a group of States, revise and post-route map sheets of those

    Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

  • In 1827 there were 101 post-offices, and 2,368 miles of established post-route.

    The Stamps of Canada Bertram William Henry Poole 1918

  • By adhering to the post-route through the cities of Washington, Alexandria, passing near Mount Vernon, Richmond,

    History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868 Kemp Plummer 1907

  • The country is thinly inhabited, and affords only rude accommodations for the wandering pedestrian who does not confine himself to the regular post-route.

    Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

  • Postmaster-General for authority to change the rate of compensation to the main trunk railroad lines for their services in carrying the mails; for having post-route maps executed; for reorganizing and increasing the efficiency of the special-agency service; for increase of the mail service on the Pacific, and for establishing mail service, under the flag of the

    State of the Union Address 1853

  • This is not a post-route, the great road ending at Rosay, and we were obliged to go the whole distance with the same horses.

    Recollections of Europe James Fenimore Cooper 1820

  • This capability, combined with advances in post-route leakage optimization and MCMM leakage scenario optimization, enables IC Compiler 2010.03 to deliver double the leakage savings in half the time.

    EE Times-Asia 2010

  • SiSoft's software products automate comprehensive pre - and post-route analysis of high speed interfaces, detailing a design's operating voltage and timing margins.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • SiSoft's software products automate comprehensive pre - and post-route analysis of high-speed interfaces, detailing a design's operating voltage and timing margins.

    FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten 2010

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