Meaning of coaching inn | Babel Free

Definitions

An inn (hotel) along a route used by stagecoaches, where horses could be changed, and passengers could obtain food and drink.

historical

Examples

“Near-synonym: roadhouse (often synonymous, historically)”

“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.”

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