post house

noun

1. a house or inn keeping post horses.

post house

noun

1. (formerly) a house or inn where horses were kept for postriders or for hire to travellers

Word History and Origins

Origin of post house¹

First recorded in 1625–35

Example Sentences

And we also do all the post-production at my post house in Brooklyn, and my partner edits the show.

From Salon

La Posta Vecchia means “the old post house” in Italian, and it’s a humble name for such a glamorous and historic place.

From New York Times

Violators could be fined $50 a day, but county Administrator Jody Waits says the goal is to get people to post house numbers.

From Seattle Times

“Tier two would be station groups, post houses, audio production houses, and tier three is really the individual users”—anyone from an amateur with a laptop to an independent studio owner.

From Forbes

There, at all events, as soon as it had deposited the letters at the post house, the Post Office had discharged its duty.

From Project Gutenberg