mail car

English

A mail clerk in the doorway of a mail car holding a mailbag

Alternative forms

• mailcar

Noun

mail car (plural mail cars)

1. (rail transport, US) A railroad car in which mail is carried and sorted.

   Synonym: (UK) travelling post office

Translations

type of railway car

• French: wagon-poste (fr) m

Further reading

• mail car on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “mail car”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.