carriage
(kærɪdʒ )
Word forms: carriages
1. countable noun [oft by NOUN] B2
A carriage is an old-fashioned vehicle, usually for a small number of passengers, which is pulled by horses.
The President-elect followed in an open carriage drawn by six beautiful gray horses.
Synonyms: vehicle, coach, trap, gig
2. countable noun B2
A carriage is one of the separate, long sections of a train that carries passengers. [British]
regional note: in AM, usually use car3. countable noun
A carriage is the same as a baby carriage. [US]
4. uncountable noun regional note: in AM, usually use delivery charge
Carriage is the cost or action of transporting or delivering goods. [British, formal]
It costs £10.86 for one litre including carriage.
If the Government introduces a carbon tax on road haulage, then carriage by water will become more attractive.
Synonyms: transportation, transport, delivery, conveying
5. uncountable noun [usually with poss]
Your carriage is the way you hold your body and head when you are walking, standing, or sitting. [literary]
Her legs were long and fine, her hips slender, her carriage erect.
Synonyms: bearing, posture, gait, deportment
Image of carriage
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Collocations:
carriage driver carriage ride horse-drawn carriage passenger carriage pull a carriage
Downstairs, there would be stabling and space for a carriage; upstairs, a self-contained living space for the carriage driver and his family.
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Page was a gardener, carriage driver as well as a body servant to his owner.
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Their carriage driver refuses to take them into the woods because they are said to be enchanted.
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The doctor could be quickly conveyed by his carriage driver to patients who needed his assistance on an urgent basis.
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Carriage drivers, who earn about 80 plus tips for a one-hour tour, are outraged.
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More leisurely pursuits include taking a boat trip along the city's twisting canals or enjoying a horsedrawn carriage ride through the streets and parks.
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Take a horse-drawn carriage ride through the ancient streets before sitting down to a traditional dinner.
The Sun
Dig out eggs from the chicken pen for breakfast, then take a two-hour horse and carriage ride round winding lanes, 80 for up to four people.
The Sun
The distance between these two stations were about a mile by carriage ride.
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They went on a horse-drawn carriage ride and had a dinner outside by a lake, with a harpist playing music nearby.
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The senior royals returned to Windsor in horse-drawn carriages.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
You could follow in their tracks and take a horse-drawn carriage around the city.
The Sun (2014)
Yesterday the city centre came to a standstill as a white horse-drawn carriage bore her white coffin.
The Sun (2013)
Such trains then became mainly the preserve of two or three larger organisations with their own passenger carriage and/or locomotive fleets.
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They are augmented by an open passenger carriage built in 1993 and attached to a chassis dating from 1911 and a guard's van.
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Nowadays, all passengers have to get into a passenger carriage directly behind the locomotive.
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A restored passenger carriage and guard's van are also located at the station.
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Each passenger carriage has a seating capacity of 144 people.
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You must pull the carriage.
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Passengers and bystanders pull the carriage with a rope.
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At the end of the first adventure, they were turned into horses to pull the carriage.
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When the animals were old and couldn't pull the carriage anymore, the widow tried to give the horses to a farmer, who should put them up for stud.
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Using kites in various arrangements he determined that a small number of large kites were capable of pulling a carriage with passengers.
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Translations:
Chinese: 车厢
Japanese: 客車
- viewing pleasure
- viewing spot
- viewpoint
- view positively
- view prevails
- views differ
- views diverge
- vigil
- vigilance
- vigilant
- vigilante
- vigilante action
- vigilante justice
- vignette
- vigor
- vigorous
- vigorous activity
- vigorous campaign
- vigorous competition
- vigorous debate
- vigorous defence
- vigorous discussion
- vigorous enforcement of
- vigorous exercise
- vigorous growth