post horse
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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
D'Artagnan and Planchet took each a post horse, and a postillion rode before them.
From The Three Musketeers by Dumas père, Alexandre
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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