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English
Etymology
From Old Northern French cariage from carier "to carry".
Pronunciation
Noun
Wikipedia has an article on: Carriage (horse-drawn vehicle)|
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carriage (plural carriages)
- A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
- The carriage ride was very romantic.
- A railroad car drawn by a locomotive.
- (archaic) A manner of walking and moving in general; how one carries oneself, bearing.
- His noble carriage concealed the heart of a knave.
- (archaic) One's behaviour, or way of conducting oneself towards others.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 407:
- He now assumed a carriage to me so very different from what he had lately worn, and so nearly resembling his behaviour the first week of our marriage, that [...] he might, possibly, have rekindled my fondness for him.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 407:
- The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.
- (US) (local to New England) A shopping cart.
- (British) A baby stroller; a baby carriage.
Translations
wheeled vehicle
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Related terms
See also
- List of carriages (wheeled vehicles)
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Appeal for the return of stolen horse carriage
Loughborough News, UK
The owner of a horse drawn carriage is making a personal appeal for its return, after it was stolen in a burglary from his barn at Quarry Farm Stables, North Kilworth. The incident happened between 8pm and 10pm on Sunday May 24, when the owner returned ...
Loughborough News, UK
The owner of a horse drawn carriage is making a personal appeal for its return, after it was stolen in a burglary from his barn at Quarry Farm Stables, North Kilworth. The incident happened between 8pm and 10pm on Sunday May 24, when the owner returned ...
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