Term Gallery logo

Meanings of post horse in English

A horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers.

Usage of post horse in English
1
Not race about in a lather like a post horse.
Wolf hall
2
I am as worn out as a post horse, but still I must have a talk with you, Catiche, a very serious talk.
War and Peace
3
Go to the next station, not to the city-hire the post horses.
Mother
4
The same evening Felix ordered post horses and set out for France.
The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 / A Typographic Art Jo...
5
Let the porter take a cab, and go for post horses instantly.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 01
6
We arrived in your parts an hour ago on post horses.
A Set of Six
7
Lastly, the three of us could not have got post horses.
With Frederick the Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War
8
They had arrived in a private chaise, but with post horses, and without attendants.
Precaution: A Novel
9
Oulatchen.-Theguard for the post horses; official guide.
Beasts, Men and Gods
10
The party made no stay at Etaples, but at once ordered a chaise and post horses.
In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain
11
On the 11th I drove with posting horses.
Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends
12
All who were present showed surprise, and Lord Woodville immediately replied, Post horses, my good friend!
Waverley Novels — Volume 12
13
He had helped in sending off Falleix expeditiously, explaining to him the advantage of taking post horses.
Bureaucracy
14
I decided, therefore, to take two post horses, and not to begin the journey till ten o'clock.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
15
Non-government people used private post horses.
Our Legal Heritage: The First Thousand Years: 600 - 1600 / King ...
16
When I was a child of five years my father's carriage with post horses was crossing the Crau.
In Troubadour-Land: A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc