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.
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.
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the price or cost of transportation.
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(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.
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management; administration.
[Origin: 1150–1200; ME cariage < AF, ONF, equiv. to cari(er) to carry+ -age-age]
—Synonyms 1. cart, car, wagon. 6. mien, comportment, demeanor, air.
1388, "act of carrying, means of conveyance," from Anglo-Fr. cariage "cart, carriage," from carier "to carry" (see carry). Specific sense of "horse-drawn, wheeled vehicle for hauling people" first attested 1706.
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.
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