post-road

See also: postroad and post road

English

Noun

post-road (plural post-roads)

1. Alternative spelling of postroad.
   • 1818, [Mary Shelley], “Letter I. To Mrs. Saville, England.”, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, →OCLC, page 8:

     I have no ambition to lose my life on the post-road between St. Petersburgh and Archangel.