carriage

UK: /ˈkærɪdʒ/ US: /ˈkærɪdʒ/ ,(kar′ij; for 9 also kar′ē ij)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

car•riage /ˈkærɪdʒ/   n. 

1. Transport a wheeled vehicle for carrying persons, such as one pulled by horses:
   [countable] The princess stepped down gracefully from the carriage.
2. [countable] a baby carriage.
3. Rail Transport, British Terms [countable] Brit. a railway passenger coach.
4. Mechanical Engineering [countable] a movable part, as of a machine, designed for carrying something:
   The carriage on a dot-matrix printer holds paper.
5. the manner in which a person's head and body are held when standing, etc.;
   posture:
   [uncountable] a woman of graceful carriage.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

car•riage  (kar′ij; for 9 also kar′ē ij), n. 

1. Transport a wheeled vehicle for conveying persons, as one drawn by horses and designed for comfort and elegance.
2. See baby carriage. 
3. Rail Transport, British Terms [Brit.] a railway passenger coach.
4. a wheeled support, as for a cannon.
5. Mechanical Engineering a movable part, as of a machine, designed for carrying something.
6. manner of carrying the head and body;
   bearing:
   the carriage of a soldier.
7. Building Also called carriage piece, horse. an inclined beam, as a string, supporting the steps of a stair.
8. the act of transporting;
   conveyance:
   the expenses of carriage.
9. the price or cost of transportation.
10. Printing (in a typewriter) the moving part carrying the platen and its associated parts, usually set in motion to carry the paper across the point where the print element or type bars strike.
11. management;
    administration.

• Anglo-French, Old North French, equivalent. to cari(er) to carry + -age -age
• Middle English cariage 1150–1200

Synonyms

• 1. cart, car, wagon.
• 6. mien, comportment, demeanor, air.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

carriage / ˈkærɪdʒ/ noun

1. a railway coach for passengers
2. the manner in which a person holds and moves the head and body; bearing
3. a four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for persons
4. the moving part of a machine that bears another part: a typewriter carriage, a lathe carriage
5. / ˈkærɪdʒ ˈkærɪɪdʒ/ the act of conveying; carrying
6. the charge made for conveying (esp in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and carriage paid)

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old Northern French cariage, from carier to carry