What does carriage mean in English? Meaning of carriage definition and abbreviation with examples.
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What is "carriage" in English? Definition and Explanations
Meaning of "carriage": a railcar where passengers ride
Noun
Meaning: a railcar where passengers ride
Synonyms: carriage
coach
passenger car
Hyponyms: buffet car
chair car
diner
dining car
dining compartment
drawing-room car
nonsmoker
nonsmoking car
palace car
parlor car
parlour car
pullman
pullman car
sleeper
sleeping car
smoker
smoking car
smoking carriage
smoking compartment
wagon-lit
Hypernyms: car
railcar
railroad car
railway car
Meaning of "carriage": a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
Noun
Meaning: a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
Adjective: The act of conveying; carrying.Means of conveyance.A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power. The carriage ride was very romantic.(UK) A rail car, esp. designed for the conveyance of passengers.(now rare) A manner of walking and moving in general; how one carries oneself, bearing, gait. 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i: His carriage was full comely and vpright, / His countenaunce demure and temperate [...]. 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 90: He chose to speak largely about Vietnam [...], and his wonderfully sonorous voice was as enthralling to me as his very striking carriage and appearance.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i: His carriage was full comely and vpright, / His countenaunce demure and temperate [...].2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 90: He chose to speak largely about Vietnam [...], and his wonderfully sonorous voice was as enthralling to me as his very striking carriage and appearance.(archaic) One's behaviour, or way of conducting oneself towards others. 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 407: He now assumed a carriage to me so very different from what he had lately worn, and so nearly resembling his behaviour the first week of our marriage, that [...] he might, possibly, have rekindled my fondness for him. 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I: Some people whisper but no doubt they lie, / For malice still imputes some private end, / That Inez had, ere Don Alfonso's marriage, / Forgot with him her very prudent carriage [...].1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 407: He now assumed a carriage to me so very different from what he had lately worn, and so nearly resembling his behaviour the first week of our marriage, that [...] he might, possibly, have rekindled my fondness for him.1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I: Some people whisper but no doubt they lie, / For malice still imputes some private end, / That Inez had, ere Don Alfonso's marriage, / Forgot with him her very prudent carriage [...].The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.(US, New England) A shopping cart.(UK) A stroller; a baby carriage.The charge made for conveying (especially in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and carriage paid).
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