coachwork
nounEtymology From coach + work.
1
The body of a motor vehicle (as opposed to the chassis).
- Near-synonym: auto body
- For a split second, resting on the petrol tank, it seemed to paw at the heavens like a giant praying-mantis. Then slowly it toppled over backwards and fell with a splintering crash of coachwork and glass.1953, Ian Fleming, “The Crawling of the Skin”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 110:
2
The repair of such a body.
- Near-synonym: auto body