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Noun
post chaise (plural post chaises)
- (historical) An enclosed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, used to transport mail and passengers.
1749, Henry Fielding, chapter IX, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A Millar, , →OCLC, book VI:She had lately remitted the trespass of a stage-coachman, who had overturned her post-chaise into a ditch;
Translations
a horse-drawn carriage, closed and with four-wheels