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carriage
[kar-ij, kar-ee-ij]
noun
a wheeled vehicle for conveying persons, as one drawn by horses and designed for comfort and elegance.
British., a railway passenger coach.
a wheeled support, as for a cannon.
a movable part, as of a machine, designed for carrying something.
manner of carrying the head and body; bearing.
the carriage of a soldier.
Also called carriage piece,. Also called horse. an inclined beam, as a string, supporting the steps of a stair.
the act of transporting; conveyance.
the expenses of carriage.
the price or cost of transportation.
(in a typewriter) the moving part carrying the platen and its associated parts, usually set in motion to carry the paper across the point where the print element or type bars strike.
management; administration.
carriage
/ ˈkærɪdʒ /
noun
a railway coach for passengers
the manner in which a person holds and moves his head and body; bearing
a four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for persons
the moving part of a machine that bears another part
a typewriter carriage
a lathe carriage
the act of conveying; carrying
the charge made for conveying (esp in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and carriage paid )
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of carriage1
Example Sentences
But, having crawled through a broken carriage window, Cooper calmly walked to the nearest street, hailed a taxi, and went to a pre-arranged meeting at the Ritz.
An abandoned station, a few rusted carriages and a dozen metres of track are all that is left of a Soviet railway in southern Armenia.
He also posted a video showing a damaged train carriage on fire.
We’ll also learn if a pumpkin can turn back into a carriage.
In a list of crimes the BTP will not investigate, it also said thefts on trains should only be reported if the passenger knows the exact carriage.
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