post horse
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D'Artagnan and Planchet took each a post horse, and a postillion rode before them.
From The Three Musketeers by Dumas père, Alexandre
Edwards's observation, that a worn-out horse is not proper for Atlas to mount in battle, is impertinent; the horse here mentioned seems to be a post horse, rather than a war horse.
From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Sherbo, Arthur
At the moment he entered the vestibule, another man was entering likewise, dusty, out of breath, leaving at the gate a post horse, which, on reaching the palace, tumbled on his foreknees.
From The Three Musketeers by Dumas père, Alexandre
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