A gun-carriage. Cf. gun-stock, n.

The wheeled support on which a piece of ordnance is mounted; a gun carriage. Also more generally: any wheeled support for moving a heavy object.

a gun-carriage for a ship's gun.

(see carriage, n. 4a).

a carriage for moving heavy ordnance.

= devil carriage n.

Military. (See later quots.)

A light field-gun, formerly attached to regiments; also attributive in galloper carriage, galloper-gun.

(see quot.).

Military. galloping carriage = ‘galloper carriage’; see galloper, n. 5.