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coachwise

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English

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Etymology

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From coach +‎ -wise.

Adverb

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coachwise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of a coach (vehicle).
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Henry David Thoreau to this entry?)
    [] borne coachwise along the spacious but yet empty avenues []
    • quoted in 1968, Walter E. Minchinton, Essays in Agrarian History (volume 1, page 170)
      [] yoked coachwise and he that holds the plow drives them with two whip cords fastened to the fore horses and hung by two loopes upon each of his plough handles each of which he useth with great dexterity []