posthouse

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   historical: an inn or relay station where post horses were exchanged and riders or travelers could lodge

   The courier changed horses at the posthouse before continuing through the night.

2. 2
   noun

   a company or facility that performs post-production work for film, television, audio, or video

   The documentary was color-graded at a specialist posthouse.

A compound of post + house. Post here originally meant a relay station or one stage of a journey, from French poste and Italian posta, 'station.' The media-industry sense independently shortens post-production house.

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