carriage

[kar-ij; for 9 also kar-ee-ij]

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noun

a wheeled vehicle for conveying persons, as one drawn by horses and designed for comfort and elegance.

baby carriage.

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.

(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.

Origin of carriage

1150–1200; Middle English cariage < Anglo-French, Old North French, equivalent to cari(er) to carry + -age -age

Synonyms for carriage

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1. cart, car, wagon. 6. mien, comportment, demeanor, air.

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Related Words for carriage

freight, transit, conveyance, transportation, transport, conveying, bearing, comportment, look, stance, cast, aspect, presence, step, air, pace, attitude, manner, behavior, conduct

Examples from the Web for carriage

Contemporary Examples of carriage

Going hands-free is just one of the perks of a place where the only form of transportation is by carriage, bike, or tractor.
The Crazy Medieval Island of Sark
Liza Foreman
October 4, 2014
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.
The Crazy Medieval Island of Sark
Liza Foreman
October 4, 2014
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
Meet Roger, the horse saved from slaughter by a carriage driver.
The Best of the Beast, April 21-April 27
April 27, 2014
He made his views on the carriage controversy known in a letter to a City Council member back in 2009.
Central Park’s Carriages Saved This Horse
Michael Daly
April 24, 2014

Historical Examples of carriage

The two saddle-horses and a team for carriage use had been shipped ahead.
The Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
Your manner reduced me to a groom who opened your carriage door.
The Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
At the same time there was not a suspicion of truculence or even repulse in his carriage.
Weighed and Wanting
George MacDonald
There was greater freedom in her carriage, and she seemed to have grown.
Weighed and Wanting
George MacDonald
Simplicity and self-forgetfulness were manifest in carriage and utterance.
Weighed and Wanting
George MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for carriage

carriage

noun

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 parta 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)

Word Origin for carriage

C14: from Old Northern French cariage, from carier to carry

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Word Origin and History for carriage

late 14c., "act of carrying, means of conveyance; wheeled vehicles collectively," from Anglo-French and Old North French cariage "cart, carriage, action of transporting in a vehicle" (Old French charriage, Modern French charriage), from carier "to carry" (see carry (v.)). Meaning "individual wheeled vehicle" is c.1400; specific sense of "horse-drawn, wheeled vehicle for hauling people" first attested 1706; extended to railway cars by 1830. Meaning "way of carrying one's body" is 1590s. Carriage-house attested from 1761.