If you know the post-office you must've seen ethan frome drive up to it, drop the reins of his hollow-backed bay and drag himself across the brick pavement to the white colonnade: and you must have asked who he was. what does bay mean as used in this sentence from the passage? a) a horse b) a saddle c) a mailbox d) a well-worn chair

From the passage and the way Ethan Frome treats the bay, we can tell that the bay is a. a horse.

We know the bay is a horse because:

Ethan Frome was therefore using a horse to get to the post office and once there would leave it aside and go to the white colonnade.

In conclusion, the bay is a horse in this scenario.

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A)a horse  

Explanation:

Bay is a color that is related to the hair color of horses. This name is given to horses that have brown body and horsehair in the black color as well as the tail, the edges of the ears and the legs.

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