carriage

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

/ ˈkær ɪdʒ; for 9 also ˈkær i ɪdʒ /

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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.

OTHER WORDS FOR carriage

1 cart, car, wagon.

6 mien, comportment, demeanor, air.

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Origin of carriage

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

Words nearby carriage

Carrera, Carreras, Carrère, carreta, Carrey, carriage, carriage bolt, carriage clock, carriage dog, carriage horse, carriage house

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How to use carriage in a sentence

Snipers watched from rooftops and windows, and Lincoln had been guarded by infantry and cavalry on his carriage ride through the streets to the Capitol.
Lincoln’s first inauguration met with threats of kidnapping, killing and militias|Michael Ruane|January 15, 2021|Washington Post
Andrew Jackson started the trend of riding to the inauguration in a carriage with his successor, Martin Van Buren, and that has been pretty common throughout history after him.
An inauguration like no other|Roxanne Roberts|January 13, 2021|Washington Post
Yet when I close my eyes, I don’t see my dark hands clutching the carriage seat or holding a goblet of ratafia in the company of the gentry.
How ‘Bridgerton’ flipped the script on ‘The Duke and I’|Vanessa Riley|January 12, 2021|Washington Post
Edward Valentine had his studio in a nearby carriage house, which after his death was relocated to the grounds of the museum.
Richmond sculptor Edward Valentine created many of the statues that defined Lost Cause mythology. Now his family’s museum is confronting the legacy.|Gregory S. Schneider|January 2, 2021|Washington Post

Cross-country ski the many miles of groomed carriage roads throughout the grounds.
7 Tranquil Airbnbs Near Winter-Friendly National Parks|Megan Michelson|December 11, 2020|Outside Online
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
Meet Roger, the horse saved from slaughter by a carriage driver.
The Best of the Beast, April 21-April 27||April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
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;|Various
A 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?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
"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 Wills
Liszt and his titled friends travelled in a first class carriage by themselves.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay

British Dictionary definitions for carriage

carriage

/ (ˈkærɪdʒ) /

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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