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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Coached p. pr. & vb. n. Coaching. ] 1. To convey in a coach. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I coached him before he got his scholarship. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To drive or to ride in a coach; -- sometimes used with it. [ Colloq. ] “Coaching it to all quarters.” E. Waterhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

The seat of a coachman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Zool.) One of a breed of dogs trained to accompany carriages; the Dalmatian dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A coachman [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A coachman. [ Obs. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A coach horse. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. One who coaches; specif. (Baseball), one of the side at the bat posted near first or third base to direct a base runner; also called a coach; as, third base coach. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach; hence (Fig.), a comrade. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the job of a professional coach.
Syn. -- coaching job. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Coachmen 1. A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); -- called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Skill in driving a coach. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Its long and tapering tail has the scales so arranged and colored as to give it a braided appearance, whence the name. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Incoach. ] To carry in a coach. [ R. ] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.) [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To put a coach.

n. a motorbus.
Syn. -- bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, omnibus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a railway car at the end of the train; it can be detached without stopping the train. [ British ]
Syn. -- slip coach [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Stagecoachmen One who drives a stagecoach. [ 1913 Webster ]