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car·riage (kar′ij; for 2, usually kar′ē ij′)
noun
- the act of carrying; transportation
- the cost of carrying; transportation charge
- Archaic
- management or handling
- conduct; behavior
- manner of carrying the head and body; posture; bearing
- a four-wheeled passenger vehicle, usually horse-drawn and often private
- baby carriage
- Brit. a railroad passenger car
- a wheeled frame or support for something heavy a gun carriage
- a moving part (of a machine) for supporting and shifting something the carriage of a typewriter
Etymology: ME cariage, baggage, transport < Anglo-Fr, cart, carriage < carier, carry
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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