- A
postilion or
postillion is a
person who
rides a
harnessed horse that is
pulling a horse-drawn
vehicle such as a coach,
rather than
driving from behind...
- centuries. The word
postillion may
occur in its
alternative spelling postilion.
Although various forms of the
sentence are
widely cited, the
exact wording...
- four-wheeled,
pulled by two or more horses, and
controlled by a
coachman or
postilion (riders). If
driven by a coachman,
there is a
raised seat in
front for...
- four p****engers, it may be
drawn at a walk by six or more
horses with
postilions, or be
driven by two or more horses. The term is also used to indicate...
- wheels, sat two to four persons, and was
drawn by two or four horses. A
postilion rode on the near-side (left,
nearest the roadside)
horse of a pair or...
-
Buckingham Palace to
Westminster Abbey with
three postilion riders, then
eight Greys with four
postilion drew the
heavy four-tonne Gold
State Coach back...
- use.
These are
supported by a
staff of
liveried coachmen,
footmen and
postilions. The
horses earn
their keep by
supporting the work of the
Royal Household...
-
flexible leather hoods which drop. It is a
postilion landau,
drawn by six
horses under the
control of
three postilions, with no
provision for a coachman. It...
- the
arrival or
departure of a post
rider or mail coach. It was used by
postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries. The post horn is
sometimes confused with...
-
driven from the box seat
using two or four
horses (though it can also be
postilion driven with the box seat removed).
Along with
several other Royal state...
