carriage
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, 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.
management; administration.
Origin of carriage
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How to use carriage in a sentence
Going hands-free is just one of the perks of a place where the only form of transportation is by carriage, bike, or tractor.
Or a horse and carriage, like the one driven a young man in a tweed suit and cap from yesteryear, as he gazed up at the stars.
Mandelbaum responded by punching Frank in the nose and knocking him from the carriage.
Meet 'The Queen of Thieves' Marm Mandelbaum, New York City's First Mob Boss | J. North Conway | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMeet Roger, the horse saved from slaughter by a carriage driver.
He made his views on the carriage controversy known in a letter to a City Council member back in 2009.
He replied that he had no objections, provided she did not encumber the carriage with bandboxes, which were his utter abhorrence.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousA gentleman got out of a carriage before it stopped, and fell between the rail and the platform.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood"She did not think so:" why should she have taken the trouble to look out of the carriage window at me as she said these words?
"God bless 'ee, Missy," cried the old man in the shrill cracked voice of age, as he pressed up to the carriage window.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsLiszt and his titled friends travelled in a first class carriage by themselves.
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British Dictionary definitions for carriage
/ (ˈkærɪdʒ) /
British 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
(ˈkærɪdʒ, ˈkærɪɪdʒ)
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)
Origin of carriage
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