From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
carriage
n 1: a railcar where passengers ride [syn: passenger car,
coach]
2: a vehicle with four wheels drawn by two or more horses [syn:
equipage, rig]
3: characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good
posture" [syn: bearing, posture]
4: a machine part that carries something else
5: a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is
pushed around [syn: baby buggy, baby carriage,
perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart,
pushchair, pusher]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Carriage \Car"riage\, n. [OF. cariage luggage, carriage,
chariage carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage,
wagoning, fr. OF. carier, charier, F. charrier, to cart. See
Carry.]
1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. [Obs.]
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David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of
the carriage. --1. Sam.
xvii. 22.
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And after those days we took up our carriages and
went up to Jerusalem. --Acts. xxi.
15.
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2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.
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Nine days employed in carriage. --Chapman.
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3. The price or expense of carrying.
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4. That which carries of conveys, as:
(a) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for
elegance and comfort.
(b) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun
carriage.
(c) A part of a machine which moves and carries of
supports some other moving object or part.
(d) A frame or cage in which something is carried or
supported; as, a bell carriage.
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5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing;
deportment; personal manners.
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His gallant carriage all the rest did grace.
--Stirling.
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6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects;
management.
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The passage and whole carriage of this action.
--Shak.
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Carriage horse, a horse kept for drawing a carriage.
Carriage porch (Arch.), a canopy or roofed pavilion
covering the driveway at the entrance to any building. It
is intended as a shelter for those who alight from
vehicles at the door; -- sometimes erroneously called in
the United States {porte-coch[`e]re}.
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