carriage
IPA: kˈærɪdʒ
noun
- The act of conveying; carrying.
- Means of conveyance.
- A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.
- (rail transport, Britain, Abbreviation of railway carriage) A railroad car
- The manner or posture in which one holds or positions a body part, such as one's arm or head.
- (now rare) A manner of walking and moving in general; how one carries oneself, bearing, gait.
- (archaic) One's behaviour, or way of conducting oneself towards others.
- The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.
- (US, New England) A shopping cart.
- (Britain) A stroller; a baby carriage.
- The charge made for conveying (especially in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and carriage paid).
- (archaic) That which is carried, baggage
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Examples of "carriage" in Sentences
- The cartridge is mounted in the carriage.
- The carriage was of the split trail type.
- Only the driveway and the carriages were real.
- Delete the text and conserve the carriage return.
- The carriage hangs beneath the seat of the chair.
- The carriage is hung beneath the seat of the chair.
- Corrected mistake about the carriage and the barrel.
- The carriage traverses the length of the press brake.
- Another form of the carriage was the pageant wagon of the 14th century.
- It was attached to the underside of the carriage and the firing platform.