stagecoach

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

stage·coach [stagecoach stagecoaches] BrE [ˈsteɪdʒkəʊtʃ] NAmE [ˈsteɪdʒkoʊtʃ] noun
a large ↑carriage pulled by horses, that was used in the past to carry passengers, and often mail, along a regular route

Culture:
Each place where the stagecoach stopped was called a stage. Stagecoaches usually carried up to eight passengers and sometimes also mail, etc. The driver sat outside. In the US West, stagecoaches were sometimes attacked by ↑Native Americans or robbers. For this reason, a man with a gun often sat next to the driver. This was called ‘riding shotgun’, and Americans still sometimes call the front passenger’s seat in a car the ‘shotgun seat’.
Compare ↑Conestoga wagon
.

Example Bank:
•Stagecoaches were often attacked by robbers and bandits.
•They travelled by stagecoach as far as York.
•Travel by stagecoach was uncomfortable and often hazardous.