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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...

carriage usually drawn by two or more horses controlled by a coachman, a postilion, or both. A coach has doors in its sides and a front and a back seat inside...

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...

four passengers, 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...

Empire, the upper classes would use a troika driven by a livery-clad postilion.[clarification needed] Decorated troikas were popular in major religious...

raised open coachman's upholstered bench-seat, but a landau could be postilion-driven, and there was usually a separate groom's seat, sprung above and...

before the rest are moved; this man is the 'courier' or 'postilion' (postillon). Once the postilion is in place, the rest may move forward. The goal of the...

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...

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...

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...

sure of return of the same horses, with a postilion as passenger. Unless a return hire was anticipated a postilion of a spent team was responsible for returning...

pairs of horses and without a driver's seat; the (typically right-handed) postilion held his whip in his right hand and thus sat on the left rear horse, and...

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...

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driven by a coachman, or the high driver's seat removed and guided by postilion riders. It was popular from the late 17th century to the late 19th century...

horses and/or riders known as postilions or "post-boys" who might help a coachman drive coaches could be hired. A postilion might also travel on a coach...

Morocco harness. Originally driven by a coachman, the eight horses are now postilion-ridden in four pairs. The coach is so heavy it can only be pulled at a...

Farewell' Allegro poco – 'Aria of the Postilion' (Aria di postiglione) 'Fugue in Imitation of the Postilion's Horn' (Fuga all'imitazione della cornetta...