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carriage definition

car·riage (kar′ij; for 2, usually kar′ē ij′)

noun

  1. the act of carrying; transportation
  2. the cost of carrying; transportation charge
  3. Archaic
    1. management or handling
    2. conduct; behavior
  4. manner of carrying the head and body; posture; bearing
    1. a four-wheeled passenger vehicle, usually horse-drawn and often private
    2. baby carriage
  6. Brit. a railroad passenger car
  7. a wheeled frame or support for something heavy a gun carriage
  8. 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.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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