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rains a boat's crew for a race. [Colloq.] Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester coach. G. Eliot.

The seat of a coachman.

One of a breed of dogs trained to accompany carriages; the Dalmatian dog.

A coachman [Slang]

A coachman. [Obs.]

One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach; hence (Fig.), a comrade. Shak.

A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage.

Skill in driving a coach.

A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis).

To carry in a coach. [R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)

To put a coach.

A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers.

One who drives a stagecoach.

To detach or loose from a coach. [Obs.] Chapman.

consideration received, but for the purpose of raising money on credit. -- Accommodation coach, or train, one running at moderate speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations. -- Accommodation ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, s…

traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage. The baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach. Thackeray. We saw our baggage following below. Johnson.

ne's beasts, on a journey. Evil news rides post, while good news baits. Milton. My lord's coach conveyed me to Bury, and thence baiting aEvelyn.

The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach. [Eng.] Goldsmith. Basket fish (Zoöl.), an ophiuran of the genus Astrophyton, having the arms much branched. See Astrophyton. -- Basket hilt, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork to protect the hand. Hudibras. Hence, Baskethilted, a. -- Ba…

A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach. [Obs.]

The driver's seat on a carriage or coach.