carriage
car·riage
noun \ˈker-ij, ˈka-rij\Definition of CARRIAGE
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: the act of carrying
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a archaic : deportment b : manner of bearing the body : posture
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archaic : management
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chiefly British : the price or expense of carrying
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a : a wheeled vehicle; especially : a horse-drawn vehicle designed for private use and comfort b British : a railway passenger coach
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: a wheeled support carrying a burden
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obsolete : a hanger for a sword
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: a movable part of a machine for supporting some other movable object or part <a typewriter carriage>
Examples of CARRIAGE
- They rode to the city in carriages.
- I took the baby to the park in the carriage.
Origin of CARRIAGE
Middle English cariage, from Anglo-French, from carier to transport — more at carry
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to CARRIAGE
Related Words: barouche, brougham, buckboard, buggy, cab, cabriolet, calash, calèche (or caleche), caroche, carryall, chaise, chariot, coach, coupé (or coupe), curricle, diligence, dogcart, droshky (also drosky), four-in-hand, gig, go-cart, hackney (or hackney coach), hansom (or hansom cab), jaunting car, landau, phaeton, post chaise, roadster, rockaway, stage, stagecoach, stanhope, surrey, tandem, tilbury, tonga, trap, troika, victoria; turnout
See Synonym Discussion at bearing
Rhymes with CARRIAGE
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