| 1. | a wheeled vehicle for conveying persons, as one drawn by horses and designed for comfort and elegance. |
| 2. | baby carriage. |
| 3. | British. a railway passenger coach. |
| 4. | a wheeled support, as for a cannon. |
| 5. | 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. |
| 9. | the price or cost of transportation. |
| 10. | (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. |
| a conveyance similar to an infant's crib set on four wheels and meant to be pushed. |
car·riage (kār'ĭj) n.
[Middle English cariage, from Norman French, from Old North French carier, to carry; see carry.] |
Carriage
In the Authorized Version this word is found as the rendering of many different words. In Judg. 18:21 it means valuables, wealth, or booty. In Isa. 46:1 (R.V., "the things that ye carried about") the word means a load for a beast of burden. In 1 Sam. 17:22 and Isa. 10:28 it is the rendering of a word ("stuff" in 1 Sam. 10:22) meaning implements, equipments, baggage. The phrase in Acts 21:15, "We took up our carriages," means properly, "We packed up our baggage," as in the Revised Version.