carriage

Sentences

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However , some carriage bodies were sold to local farmers .

Meaning

(countable, uncountable) The act of conveying; carrying.
(countable, uncountable) A means of conveyance.
(countable, uncountable) A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.
(British, abbreviation, countable, uncountable) A railroad car.
(countable, uncountable) The manner or posture in which one holds or positions a body part, such as one's arm or head.
(archaic, countable, uncountable) A manner of walking and moving in general; how one carries oneself, bearing, gait.
(archaic, countable, uncountable) One's behavior, or way of conducting oneself towards others.
(countable, uncountable) The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.
(New-England, US, countable, uncountable) A shopping cart.
(British, countable, uncountable) A stroller; a baby carriage.
(countable, uncountable) The charge made for conveying (especially in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and Carriage Paid To).
(archaic, countable, uncountable) That which is carried, baggage.

Opposite of

wagon

shopping trolley

railway carriage

άμαξα

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkæɹɪd͡ʒ/

Inherited from Middle English

cariage

In summary

From Middle English cariage, from Old Northern French cariage, from carier (“to carry”).

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