a wheeled vehicle for conveying persons, as one drawn by horses and designed for comfort and elegance.
baby carriage.
British. a railway passenger coach.
a wheeled support, as for a cannon.
a movable part, as of a machine, designed for carrying something.
manner of carrying the head and body; bearing: the carriage of a soldier.
Also called carriage piece,horse. an inclined beam, as a string, supporting the steps of a stair.
the act of transporting; conveyance: the expenses of carriage.
the price or cost of transportation.
(in a typewriter) the moving part carrying the platen and its associated parts, usually set in motion to carry the paper across the point where the print element or type bars strike.
management; administration.
Origin of carriage
1150–1200; Middle English cariage<Anglo-French, Old North French, equivalent to cari(er) to carry + -age-age
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British Dictionary definitions for carriage
carriage
/ (ˈkærɪdʒ) /
noun
Britisha railway coach for passengers
the manner in which a person holds and moves his head and body; bearing
a four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for persons
the moving part of a machine that bears another parta typewriter carriage; a lathe carriage
(ˈkærɪdʒ, ˈkærɪɪdʒ)
the act of conveying; carrying
the charge made for conveying (esp in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and carriage paid)
Word Origin for carriage
C14: from Old Northern French cariage, from carier to carry