carriage

[kar-ij, kar-ee-ij]

noun

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

   Synonyms: wagon, car, cart

2. baby carriage.

3. British.,  a railway passenger coach.

4. a wheeled support, as for a cannon.

5. a movable part, as of a machine, designed for carrying something.

6. manner of carrying the head and body; bearing.

   the carriage of a soldier.

   Synonyms: air, demeanor, comportment, mien

7. Also called carriage piece,. Also called horse. an inclined beam, as a string, supporting the steps of a stair.

8. the act of transporting; conveyance.

   the expenses of carriage.

9. the price or cost of transportation.

10. (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.

11. management; administration.

carriage

/ ˈkærɪdʒ /

noun

1. a railway coach for passengers

2. the manner in which a person holds and moves his head and body; bearing

3. a four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for persons

4. the moving part of a machine that bears another part

   a typewriter carriage

   a lathe carriage

5. 1. the act of conveying; carrying

   2. 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

Origin of carriage¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of carriage¹

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

Example Sentences

Also rare: A small model of a vagabond’s carriage from Rolly Crump, who worked on the Haunted Mansion, the Enchanted Tiki Room and It’s a Small World, among other projects.

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“We made a Marie Antoinette carriage that could fly,” he said.

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The launch of a new £7bn railway faces being delayed over a row over who will control the opening and closing of carriage doors.

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The roof leaked, the carriage horses’ ribs showed, and the flower gardens were overgrown with weeds.

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Old Timothy drove them to the train station in the landau carriage with the roof up, as the sky threatened rain.

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Related Words

• freight