mail car

noun

1. a railroad car for carrying mail.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mail car¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

But the men guarding the Wells Fargo car and the mail car stood their ground.

From Los Angeles Times

It features vintage airmail planes, a rail mail car, a 1931 Ford Model A postal truck.

From Washington Post

Besides, children sent via post rode a train anyhow, situated in the mail car where they were tended to, even fed, by clerks.

From Wall Street Journal

Postal Service mail car and the tight living quarters of a freight-train crew.

From Washington Times

Ralph Burnham, rear brakeman, train No. 55, seriously injured at Bradley, night of Dec. 21, by being caught between the tender of engine No. 641 and the mail car.

From Project Gutenberg