Definition

1. Noun:
   • A wheeled vehicle, especially one designed for passengers: A vehicle with wheels, typically one pulled by horses, for carrying people.
   • A passenger car on a train: A separate section of a train where passengers sit.
   • A moving part of a machine that supports or carries another part: A machine component designed to hold, support, or move something else along a set path.
   • A person's way of walking or holding their body; posture: The manner in which a person carries themselves physically.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The queen arrived in a horse-drawn carriage. (A vehicle for passengers, pulled by horses.)
  • Our seats are in the next carriage. (A passenger car on a train.)
  • The printer's carriage holds the ink cartridge and moves side to side. (A supporting part of a machine.)
  • She has a dignified and graceful carriage. (A person's posture or bearing.)

Advanced Usage

• "Carriage of goods": The transport of goods or freight.
  • The contract covers the carriage of goods by sea.
• "Carriage forward": A shipping term where the recipient pays the transport cost upon delivery.
  • The goods will be sent carriage forward.
• "Carriage free": A shipping term where the sender pays the transport cost.
  • We offer carriage free on all orders over $50.

Variants and Related Words

• Carriageway (n): One of the two sides of a divided highway or motorway, for traffic moving in one direction.
  • The accident blocked the northbound carriageway.
• Carriage return (n): A key or command on a typewriter or computer that causes the cursor to return to the beginning of a line.
  • Press 'Enter' for a carriage return and a new line.

Synonyms

• Coach: A large, comfortable, usually horse-drawn vehicle for passengers.
• Bearing: The way a person moves, stands, or behaves.
• Chassis: The base frame of a vehicle, which carries the body and engine.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: 'Carriage' is primarily a noun and does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)

Related Idioms

• "Carriage trade": Wealthy, high-class customers.
  • The boutique caters to the carriage trade.
• "In carriage and out of carriage": (Historical/legal) Referring to the responsibilities of a carrier during the different stages of transport.
  • The carrier's liability differs in carriage and out of carriage.

Noun

1. a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
2. a machine part that carries something else
3. characteristic way of bearing one's body
   • stood with good posture
4. a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
5. a railcar where passengers ride