coaching inn
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
coaching inn (plural coaching inns)
- (historical) An inn (hotel) along a route used by stagecoaches, where horses could be changed, and passengers could obtain food and drink.
- 2021 September 22, Industry Insider, “A new way of thinking”, in RAIL, number 940, page 92:
- It was an unexpected benefit to early rail investors that passengers had an appetite for travel, which up to then had been a tortuous experience on largely unmade roads and involving stays at coaching inns that provided variable amenities.
References[edit]
- “coaching inn”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.