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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CARRIAGE, n.
1. The act of carrying, bearing, transporting, or conveying; as the carriage of sounds.
2. The act of taking by an enemy; conquest; acquisition.
3. That which carries, especially on wheels; a vehicle. This is a general term for a coach, chariot, chaise, gig, sulkey, or other vehicle on wheels, as a cannon-carriage on trucks, a block-carriage for mortars, and a truck-carriage. Appropriately the word is applied to a coach; and carts and wagons are rarely or never called carriages.
4. The price or expense of carrying.
5. That which is carried; burden; as baggage, vessels, furniture, etc.
And David left his carriage in the hands of the keeper of the carriage. 2 Samuel 17.
6. In a moral sense, the manner of carrying ones self; behavior; conduct; deportment; personal manners.
7. Measures; practices; management.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a railcar where passengers ride [syn: passenger car, coach, carriage]
2: a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses [syn: carriage, equipage, rig]
3: characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture" [syn: carriage, 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, carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart, pushchair, pusher]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English cariage, from Anglo-French, from carier to transport — more at carry Date: 14th century 1. the act of carrying 2. a. archaic deportment b. manner of bearing the body ; posture 3. archaic management 4. chiefly British the price or expense of carrying 5. obsolete burden, load 6. a. a wheeled vehicle; especially a horse-drawn vehicle designed for private use and comfort b. British a railway passenger coach 7. a wheeled support carrying a burden 8. obsolete import, sense 9. obsolete a hanger for a sword 10. a movable part of a machine for supporting some other movable object or part <a typewriter carriage> Synonyms: see bearing

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Brit. a railway passenger vehicle. 2 a wheeled passenger vehicle, esp. one with four wheels and pulled by horses. 3 a the conveying of goods. b the cost of this (carriage paid). 4 the part of a machine (e.g. a typewriter) that carries other parts into the required position. 5 a gun-carriage. 6 a manner of carrying oneself; one's bearing or deportment. Phrases and idioms: carriage and pair a carriage with two horses pulling it. carriage clock a portable clock in a rectangular case with a handle on top. carriage-dog a dalmatian. Etymology: ME f. ONF cariage f. carier CARRY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(carriages) 1. A carriage is an old-fashioned vehicle, usually for a small number of passengers, which is pulled by horses. The President-elect followed in an open carriage drawn by six beautiful gray horses. N-COUNT: also by N 2. A carriage is one of the separate, long sections of a train that carries passengers. (BRIT; in AM, usually use car) = coach N-COUNT 3. A carriage is the same as a baby carriage. (AM) N-COUNT 4. Carriage is the cost or action of transporting or delivering goods. (BRIT FORMAL; in AM, usually use delivery charge) It costs £10.86 for one litre including carriage... 5. Your carriage is the way you hold your body and head when you are walking, standing, or sitting. (LITERARY) Her legs were long and fine, her hips slender, her carriage erect. = bearing N-UNCOUNT: usu with poss

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kar'-ij (keli, kebhuddah, nesu'ah; episkeuasamenoi; the Revised Version (British and American) "We took up our baggage"; the American Revised Version, margin "made ready"): One or the other of the above words occurs in six different places and all have been translated in the King James Version by "carriage" in its obsolete meaning (Jud 18:21; 1Sa 17:22 (twice); Isa 10:28; 46:1; Ac 21:15). In the Revised Version (British and American) and the American Standard Revised Version these are translated by the more modern expressions "goods," "baggage," or "the things that you carried." In 1Sa 17:20 the King James Version margin "place of the carriage" occurs as the equivalent of "trench." The Hebrew ma'galah may mean "the place of wagons" as translated in the Revised Version (British and American), as it is not at all improbable that the encampment was surrounded by the baggage train.

James A. Patch

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Vehicle, conveyance. 2. Bearing, manner, demeanor, air, mien. 3. Behavior, deportment, conduct.

Moby Thesaurus

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