coachy

English

Etymology

coach +‎ -y

Adjective

coachy (comparative coachier, superlative coachiest)

  1. (dated) Of a horse: more suited to drawing a coach than to racing.
    • 1868, The New Sporting Magazine (volume 56, page 236)
      As a yearling, when Mr. Rowlands bid 900 guineas for Viscount, we thought him rather coachy; but he has framed with age into a nice, useful colt, and looks stones lighter than he did at the Derby.

Noun

coachy (plural coachies)

  1. (slang, dated) Alternative form of coachee (“a coachman”)
    Tip the coachy a crown.
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