Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle formerly used to transport mail and passengers over a regular route.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A coach that runs by stages; a coach that runs regularly every day or on stated days between two places, for the conveyance of passengers. Also stage.
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of stage-coach.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
Examples
“On the back of the stagecoach is the sign “To Salt Lake City.””
“A lot of time went into that stagecoach, which is understandable.”
“Meeting new men in those days, when even the stagecoach was a passing show worth going miles to see, was an event.”
“For people waiting for news, visitors and the delivery of the mail, the arrival of the stagecoach was a big event.”
“Adults and children alike can also experience the Old West by catching a ride in a stagecoach, which is free with museum admission.”
“Woodling says the stagecoach was his first large-scale project and that he doesn't intend to tackle another.”
“He disembarked at Bordeaux, in France, and joining a merry company, traveled with them in a kind of stagecoach called a diligence.”
“It's code-name is "stagecoach", but the name "beast" came from the fact that it is incredibly heavy and has an powerful wheelbase.”
Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices
“The old Ford Model T by then looked about as modern as a Wells Fargo stagecoach.”
“An unpaved secondary road, formerly a stagecoach route, links El Fuerte to another former mining town, Alamos (90 kilometers away; allow 3 hours) which in recent years has become a popular destination for Americans and Canadians.”
El Fuerte in Sinaloa, Mexico, was once the capital of Arizona
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘stagecoach’.
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Words that are also movies
Unabashedly stolen from a comment made by courier12.
vertigo, serendipity, casablanca, psycho, jaws, fantasia, stagecoach, network, rocky, giant, platoon, unforgiven and 285 more...
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50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
walking, bicycle, bus, train, motorcycle, airplane, car, truck, segway, limousine, roller coaster, wheelbarrow and 130 more...
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AGRI - horse breeding
driving, implement, Trot, speed, exhale, dope, obstacle, tail, plow, coloration, para, weaving and 678 more...
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Formerly
Being a list of words with definitions containing the word "formerly."
formerly, armorer, link, plummet, brank, pall-mall, florin, quondam, erstwhile, imponderable, recant, ether and 32 more...
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Spam Names
Interesting words that came to me in spam emails in the "From" field. Read in pairs by order added, add the initial of your choice, and you'll get a list of "names."
menominee, burbled, abrasives, barrister, unfortunates, strolls, appareled, uncles, removal, elusive, significance, described and 180 more...
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jmjarmstrong's list
Words that I used to know.
geloscopy, hunker, willy nilly, harum scarum, whacko, meh, nork, misunderestimate, atrabiliousness, luftmensch, auxanometer, hyperhedonia and 1948 more...
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Jutland's Words
carrel, sadducean, antiphoner, ophidia, demesne, bolus, coronae, patristic, uncial, constantinople, lavender, spoof and 61 more...
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The Barouche List: Need a Ride?
Bilby says I should have one. Even though most of these are on my other lists (the ones that weren't, I didn't really want to list).
barouche, buggy, carriage, cabriolet, randem, berlin, victoria, surrey, herdic, hansom, rockaway, cariole and 74 more...
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the old west
words you can sling a gun to.
lonesome, desperado, gun-slinger, providence, smokehouse, stagecoach, pilgrim, frontier, ranch, equestrian, heartland, pioneer and 4 more...
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ILP
mithridate, electuary, reagent, messenger bag, stagecoach, cantrip
Tweets
Looking for tweets for stagecoach.
jmjarmstrong JM wonders if drama instructors prefer to travel by stagecoach. Aug 12, 2011