post-ˈchariot
[f. post n.2 + chariot n.]
A chariot for travelling post; spec. a light four-wheeled carriage of the 18th and early 19th c., differing from a post-chaise in having a driver's seat in front.
| 1609 Holland Amm. Marcell. 375 Messala..mounted her into a swift post-chariot, and with a maine pace rode away. 1741–70 E. Carter Lett. (1808) 423 Miss Deane got into a post-chariot at Canterbury. 1762 Goldsm. Nash 49 He usually travelled to Tunbridge, in a post chariot and six greys, with out-riders. 1828 J. R. Planché Descent Danube 69 The sight of a post-chariot whirling along. |