carriage
[ kar-ij; for 9 also kar-ee-ij ]
/ ˈkær ɪdʒ; for 9 also ˈkær i ɪdʒ /
noun
Origin of carriage
SYNONYMS FOR carriage
Words nearby carriage
carrel,
carrera,
carreras,
carreta,
carrey,
carriage,
carriage bolt,
carriage clock,
carriage dog,
carriage horse,
carriage house
Example sentences from the Web for carriage
British Dictionary definitions for carriage
carriage
/ (ˈkærɪdʒ) /
noun
British
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)
Word Origin for carriage
C14: from Old Northern French
cariage, from
carier to
carry