mail car

English

A mail clerk in the doorway of a mail car holding a mailbag

Noun

mail car (plural mail cars)

(rail transport, US) a railroad car in which mail is carried and sorted.

Synonyms

travelling post office (UK)

Translations

type of railway car

French: wagon-poste (fr) m

Further reading

mail car on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“mail car”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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