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Carriage - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Carriage : (noun)
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.]
David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of
the carriage. --1. Sam.
xvii. 22.
And after those days we took up our carriages and
went up to Jerusalem. --Acts. xxi.
15.
2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.
Nine days employed in carriage. --Chapman.
3. The price or expense of carrying.
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.
5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing;
deportment; personal manners.
His gallant carriage all the rest did grace.
--Stirling.
6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects;
management.
The passage and whole carriage of this action.
--Shak.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Carriage : In the Authorized Version this word is found as the rendering of
many different words. In Judg. 18:21 it means valuables, wealth,
or booty. In Isa. 46:1 (R.V., "the things that ye carried
about") the word means a load for a beast of burden. In 1 Sam.
17:22 and Isa. 10:28 it is the rendering of a word ("stuff" in 1
Sam. 10:22) meaning implements, equipments, baggage. The phrase
in Acts 21:15, "We took up our carriages," means properly, "We
packed up our baggage," as in the Revised Version.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Carriage |
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eastwoodtwnctr: mark your calendars for this coming weekend 12/19 - Horse & Carriage rides at Eastwood! http://ow.ly/LYUs |
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homelessjim: @oahss I told you before. Make it an Al Bundy style supermarket spree. the first $1000 to the register wins the Carriage of groceries. |
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LevisCommons: Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides
Fridays and Saturdays in December from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. |
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