A coupé or coupe or chariot is a compact enclosed four-wheeled carriage. From the French word coupé meaning to "cut", its design was derived from the Berlin coach by shortening the front. The British
A coupé, France
A carosse coupé of Portuguese origin in Brussels
Denmark's Golden Coach is a coupé (2024)
A post-chaise is a travelling carriage operated in the 18th and early 19th centuries, travelling from staging post-to-post, and changing horses at each stage. With an enclosed body on four wheels, sea
Coupé (carriage)
…A traveling chariot or private posting chariot is a privately-owned carriage that was used for long-distance travel by the wealthy. A post chaise is a hired carriage for long-distance traveling. Often fleets of these were painted yellow and called Yellow Bounders. Carosse coupé: A cut-down version…
A typical post-chaise arrangement: carriage, four horses, and two postilions (riders)
A closeup of a post chaise (2005)
Samuel Howitt (1756–1822)
Samuel Howitt (1756–1822)