posthouse

See also: post house, post-house, and post-House

English

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Etymology

Noun

posthouse (plural posthouses)

A house established for the convenience of the post, a stable or inn where relays of horses can be obtained.
(obsolete) A building for distributing mail; a post office.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for posthouse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

housetops, pot-houses, pothouses

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