car·riage (k r  j)n. 1. A wheeled vehicle, especially a four-wheeled horse-drawn passenger vehicle, often of an elegant design. 2. Chiefly British A railroad passenger car. 3. A baby carriage. 4. A wheeled support or frame for carrying a heavy object, such as a cannon. 5. A moving part of a machine for holding or shifting another part: the carriage of a typewriter. 6. a. The act or process of transporting or carrying. b. (k r -j) The cost of or the charge for transporting.7. The manner of holding and moving one's head and body; bearing. See Synonyms at posture. 8. Archaic Management; administration. [Middle English cariage, from Norman French, from Old North French carier, to carry; see carry.] |
carriage [ˈkærɪdʒ]
n
1. (Transport / Railways) Brit a railway coach for passengers
2. the manner in which a person holds and moves his head and body; bearing
3. a four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for persons
4. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) the moving part of a machine that bears another part a typewriter carriage a lathe carriage
5.
a. the act of conveying; carrying
b. the charge made for conveying (esp in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and carriage paid)
[from Old Northern French cariage, from carier to carry]
carriage
a fee charged for transportation.
See also: Dues and Payment
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  carriage - a railcar where passengers ride railcar, railroad car, railway car, car - a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" nonsmoking car, nonsmoker - a passenger car for passengers who want to avoid tobacco smoke chair car, drawing-room car, palace car, parlor car, parlour car - a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs passenger train - a train that carries passengers Pullman, Pullman car - luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking compartment, smoker - a passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke |
| 2. | carriage - a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses axletree - a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve barouche - a horse-drawn carriage having four wheels; has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples and a folding top brougham - light carriage; pulled by a single horse buckboard - an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles caroche - a luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century chariot - a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage clarence - a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers gharry - a horse-drawn carriage in India gig - small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood hansom, hansom cab - a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers horse-drawn vehicle - a wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses landau - a four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately post chaise - closed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used to transport passengers and mail rumble - a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage stanhope - a light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat surrey - a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats trap - a light two-wheeled carriage troika - a Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast | |
| 3. | carriage - characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture" bodily property - an attribute of the body manner of walking, walk - manner of walking; "he had a funny walk" slouch - a stooping carriage in standing and walking gracefulness - beautiful carriage clumsiness, awkwardness - the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant | |
| 4. | carriage - a machine part that carries something else lathe - machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool mechanism - device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function typewriter - hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time typewriter carriage - a carriage for carrying a sheet of paper | |
| 5. |  carriage - a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed aroundbassinet - a perambulator that resembles a bassinet wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC" |
carriage
noun
1. vehicle, coach, trap, gig, cab, wagon, hackney, conveyance He followed in an open carriage drawn by six gray horses.
3. transportation, transport, delivery, conveying, freight, conveyance, carrying It costs £10.86 for one litre, including carriage.
4. bearing, posture, gait, deportment, air Her legs were long and fine, her hips slender, her carriage graceful.
Related words
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fear amakaphobia
Carriages and carts
barouche, brake, britzka, brougham, buckboard (U.S. & Canad.), buggy, cab, cabriolet, calash or calèche, Cape cart (S. African), cariole or carriole, carriage, carryall, cart, chaise, chariot, clarence, coach, Conestoga wagon, coupe, covered wagon (U.S. & Canad.), curricle, dogcart, drag, droshky, equipage, fiacre, fly, four-in-hand, gharry, gig, Gladstone, hansom, herdic (U.S.), jaunting car or jaunty car, landau, phaeton, post chaise, prairie schooner (chiefly U.S.), pung (Eastern U.S. & Canad.), quadriga (historical), randem, ratha, rig, rockaway (U.S.), sledge, spider phaeton or spider, stagecoach, sulky, surrey, tandem, tarantass, tilbury, troika, victoria, vis-à-vis, wagon, wagonette, wain (chiefly poetic) Translations
carriage [ˈkærɪdʒ]
A. N
4. (= bearing) [of person] → porte m
B. CPD carriage clock N → reloj m de mesa
carriage drive N → calzada f
carriage return N (on typewriter etc) → tecla f de retorno
carriage trade N (US) → sector m de transporte de mercancías
carriage drive N → calzada f
carriage return N (on typewriter etc) → tecla f de retorno
carriage trade N (US) → sector m de transporte de mercancías
carriage [ˈkærɪdʒ] n
(= horse-drawn vehicle) → voiture f
(= transport) [goods] → transport m
(= cost of transport) → (frais mpl de) port m
carriage forward → port dû
carriage free → franco de port
carriage paid → (en) port payé
carriage forward → port dû
carriage free → franco de port
carriage paid → (en) port payé
[typewriter] → chariot m
carriage
carriage:
n
(= horse-drawn vehicle) → Kutsche f; (US: = baby carriage) → Kinderwagen m; carriage and pair → Zweispänner m
(Brit Rail) → Wagen m
(Comm: = conveyance) → Beförderung f; (= cost of carriage also) → Beförderungskosten pl; carriage forward → Fracht zahlt Empfänger; carriage free → frachtfrei; carriage paid → frei Haus
(Mil, = gun-carriage) → Lafette f
(of person: = bearing) → Haltung f
carriage:
carriage clock
n → ˜ Stiluhr f
carriage return
n → Wagenrücklauf m
carriageway
n (Brit) → Fahrbahn f
carriage [ˈkærɪdʒ] n
carriage [ˈkærɪdʒ] n
a. (Brit) (Rail) → carrozza, vagone m, vettura; (horse-drawn) → carrozza; (of typewriter) → carrello
b. (of person, bearing) → portamento
c. (Comm) (of goods) → trasporto; (cost of carriage) → (spese fpl di) trasporto
carriage free → franco di porto
carriage paid → porto pagato
carriage forward → porto assegnato
carriage free → franco di porto
carriage paid → porto pagato
carriage forward → porto assegnato
carriage [ˈkærɪdʒ] n
a. (Brit) (Rail) → carrozza, vagone m, vettura; (horse-drawn) → carrozza; (of typewriter) → carrello
b. (of person, bearing) → portamento
c. (Comm) (of goods) → trasporto; (cost of carriage) → (spese fpl di) trasporto
carriage free → franco di porto
carriage paid → porto pagato
carriage forward → porto assegnato
carriage free → franco di porto
carriage paid → porto pagato
carriage forward → porto assegnato
n carriage [ˈkӕridʒ]
1 the act or cost of conveying and delivering goods Does that price include carriage? vervoerkoste نَقْلٌ أو أُجْرَةُ نَقْلٍ превоз doprava, dopravné forsendelse die Beförderung, der Transport μεταφορά transporte vedu, veoraha حمل و نقل؛ کرایۀ حمل و نقل kuljetus(maksu) transport הוֹבָלָה गाड़ी vožnja szállítás, fuvarozás pengiriman flutningskostnaður trasporto 運送 (費) 운임 vežimas, gabenimas, vežimo/gabenimo išlaidos transports; pārsūtīšana; maksa (par transportu/pārsūtīšanu) penghantaran vervoer frakt, transport, forsendelse przewóz, transport transporte transport доставка doprava prevoz prevoz frakt[] การขนส่ง taşıma ücreti 運送，運費 вартість перевезення سامان کی نقل وحمل کرنا cước phí 运输，运费
2 a vehicle for carrying (especially in Britain, railway passengers) the carriage nearest the engine; a railway carriage. treinwa; spoorwa عَرَبَه، مَرْكَبَه вагон vagón personvogn; wagon der Eisenbahnwagen βαγόνι vagón vagun واگن vaunu wagon קָרוֹן रेल गाड़ी का डइब्बा putnički vagon kocsi gerbong flutningavagn carrozza, vettura 車両 객차 vagonas vagons pengangkut wagon kupévogn wagon carruagem vagon вагон vagón vagon putnički vagon []vagn ตู้โดยสารรถไฟ vagon 列車廂 вагонетка سامان اٹھانے والے گاڑی toa xe 客车厢
3 especially formerly, a horse-drawn passenger vehicle. koets عَرَبَةُ خَيْل файтон kočár, vůz hestevogn die Kutsche άμαξα carro tõld کالسکه vaunut voiture כִּרכָּרָה वाहन गाड़ी kočija lovaskocsi kereta (hest)vagn carrozza 馬車 마차 karieta ekipāža; rati; kariete kereta kuda rijtuig (heste)vogn powóz carruagem trăsură экипаж koč, voz kočija kočija ekipage, vagn รถม้า atlı araba 馬車 екіпаж پرانے زمانے کی مسافروں والی گھوڑا گاڑیاں xe ngựa 四轮马车
4 the part of a typewriter which moves back and forwards, carrying the paper. rolstel حلمِلَةُ الوَرَق في الآلَةِ الكاتِبَه валяк válec (psacího stroje) skrivemaskinevogn der Schlitten κύλινδρος γραφομηχανής carro kelk بخش متحرک ماشین تحریر vaunu chariot גְרָר kolica kocsi gandar sleði carrello タイプライターのキャリッジ (타자기의) 캐리지 vežimėlis kamaniņas (rakstāmmašīnai) komponen mesin taip slede skrivemaskinsvogn karetka carreto car каретка vozík (posuvné zariadenie stroja) voziček na pisalnem stroju postolje mašine vagn ชิ้นส่วนของพิมพ์ดีด şaryo （打字機）滑動架 каретка ٹائپ رائٹر کا حصہ lô cuốn giấy của máy chữ （打字机）滑动架
5 posture; way of walking. liggaamshouding مِشْيَهَ осанка držení těla holdning die Haltung, der Gang παράστημα, τρόπος βαδίσματος porte rüht, kõnnak حالت اندام ryhti, käynti maintien הִילוּך način hoda testtartás sikap limaburður portamento 身のこなし 몸가짐 laikysena, eisena stāja; izturēšanās postur houding, gang (kropps)holdning chód andar ţinută осанка držanie tela drža stav hållning, sätt att föra sig ทางเดิน duruş,tavır 儀態 осанка, постава چال ، چلنے کا طریقہ dáng đi （行走的）姿势，步态
n carriageway
especially in Britain, the part of a road used by cars etc The overturned bus blocked the whole carriageway. rypad طَريقُ السّيّارات платно kørebane der Fahrweg οδόστρωμα calzada sõidutee مسیر ماشین رو ajoväylä chaussée כְּבִיש गाडियों के चलने वाली सडरक का भाग cesta úttest jalan akbraut carreggiata 車道 차도 kelio dalis brauktuve laluan rijbaan kjørebane jezdnia estrada проезжая часть vozovka cestišče kolovoz körbana ถนน gidiş ve geliş yönü （英）車道 проїжджа частина дороги کاروں کے چلنے کا راستہ tuyến xe （英）车道
carriage → حافلة vůz hestevogn Waggon βαγόνι carruaje junanvaunu wagon kola carrozza 客車 객차 rijtuig vogn powóz vagão экипаж vagn ตู้โดยสารรถไฟ vagon toa hành khách 车厢
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