carriage
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Etymology [edit]
From Old Northern French cariage, from carier (“to carry”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
carriage (plural carriages)
- The act of conveying; carrying.
- Means of conveyance.
- A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
- The carriage ride was very romantic.
- (UK) A rail car, esp. designed for the conveyance of passengers.
- (now rare) A manner of walking and moving in general; how one carries oneself, bearing, gait.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- His carriage was full comely and vpright, / His countenaunce demure and temperate [...].
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 90:
- He chose to speak largely about Vietnam [...], and his wonderfully sonorous voice was as enthralling to me as his very striking carriage and appearance.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- (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.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:
- Some people whisper but no doubt they lie, / For malice still imputes some private end, / That Inez had, ere Don Alfonso's marriage, / Forgot with him her very prudent carriage [...].
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 407:
- The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.
- (US, New England) A shopping cart.
- (UK) 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).
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Hyponyms [edit]
types of carriages (wheeled vehicles)
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Translations [edit]
wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power
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railroad car
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manner of standing or walking
Adjective [edit]
carriage (not comparable)
- Related to a wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
- The carriage ride was very romantic.
- 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 1/2, The Younger Set[1]:
- His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. “Phil ! You ! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow !” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
