baby carriage

American  

noun

1. a conveyance similar to an infant's crib set on four wheels and meant to be pushed.

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baby carriage British  

noun

1. British term: pram.  Also: baby buggy.  a cot-like four-wheeled carriage for a baby

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Etymology

Origin of baby carriage

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

“I knew that I wanted more out of life, and I would take my daughter with me in her baby carriage to auditions,” she recalls.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

An open mailbox becomes the head and jaws of a dragon; the ribs of a baby carriage form its body.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2023

This was in Provincetown, Mass., many years ago, on the street in front of a drag club, where my wife and I were pushing a baby carriage.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2022

In the bare surroundings of the clinic, one nurse pushes a baby carriage with one hand and holds an infant in the other as she and her colleagues comfort the children.

From Reuters • Mar. 16, 2022

Mrs. Lonogan pushed her Persian, Fabian, around in a baby carriage, Rus enthusiastically licking the poor cat’s pouting face.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby