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

Large finned automobiles that resemble 1950s classics hover over smooth roads, as do baby carriages across perfectly clean sidewalks in perfectly manicured suburbs.

From Los Angeles Times

"He likes the shopping trolley. It's kind of a baby carriage. We are trying to get by like this," she said as she stroked 3-year old Salih and hugged her older son.

From Reuters

Young mothers gather with baby carriages in the morning chill and exchange village gossip while waiting to visit a health clinic on a truck.

From New York Times

In the early 1960s, the cutting-edge did its best to dissolve all frontiers between art and life, declaring salad-making an artistic act, or wheeling a baby carriage, or in one sad case, overdosing on drugs.

From New York Times

The network objected to a shot of them each wheeling baby carriages side-by-side.

From Washington Post