coachfellow

English

Etymology

From coach +‎ fellow.

Noun

coachfellow (plural coachfellows)

One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach.
(figuratively) A comrade.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
  […] I have grated upon my good friends for three reprieves for you and your coach-fellow Nym […]