English Explanatory Dictionary

slip coach

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A coach at the end of a long-distance train which carries passengers for an intermediate destination and is decoupled or "slipped" and left behind. (In bygone times the decoupling was done on the move; the rest of the train did not stop.)

Word forms

slip coach slip coaches

Synonyms

slip carriage
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