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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024car•riage /ˈkærɪdʒ/USA pronunciation n. - Transport a wheeled vehicle for carrying persons, such as one pulled by horses:[countable]The princess stepped down gracefully from the carriage.
- [countable] a baby carriage.
- Rail Transport, British Terms[countable] Brit. a railway passenger coach.
- Mechanical Engineering[countable] a movable part, as of a machine, designed for carrying something: The carriage on a dot-matrix printer holds paper.
- the manner in which a person's head and body are held when standing, etc.;
posture:[uncountable]a woman of graceful carriage.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024car•riage (kar′ij; for 9 also kar′ē ij),USA pronunciation n. - Transporta wheeled vehicle for conveying persons, as one drawn by horses and designed for comfort and elegance.
- See baby carriage.
- Rail Transport, British Terms[Brit.]a railway passenger coach.
- a wheeled support, as for a cannon.
- Mechanical Engineeringa movable part, as of a machine, designed for carrying something.
- manner of carrying the head and body;
bearing:the carriage of a soldier. - BuildingAlso 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.
- Printing(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.
- Anglo-French, Old North French, equivalent. to cari(er) to carry + -age -age
- Middle English cariage 1150–1200
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cart, car, wagon.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged mien, comportment, demeanor, air.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: carriage /ˈkærɪdʒ/ n - Brit a 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 part: a 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)
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old Northern French cariage, from carier to carry |