coachfellow en · NOUN
Etymology
From coach + fellow.
Meanings
- One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach.
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(figuratively) A comrade.
[…] I have grated upon my good friends for three reprieves for you and your coach-fellow Nym […]
c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| coachfellows | Number=Plur | lexicographic |