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Webster 1913 Edition
Carriage
Car′riage
,Noun.
[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. Shakespeare
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-cochère
.Webster 1828 Edition
Carriage
CARRIAGE
, n.1.
The act of carrying, bearing, transporting, or conveying; as the carriage of sounds.2.
The act of taking by an enemy; conquest; acquisition.3.
That which carries, especially on wheels; a vehicle. This is a general term for a coach, chariot, chaise, gig, sulkey, or other vehicle on wheels, as a cannon-carriage on trucks, a block-carriage for mortars, and a truck-carriage. Appropriately the word is applied to a coach; and carts and wagons are rarely or never called carriages.4.
The price or expense of carrying.5.
That which is carried; burden; as baggage, vessels, furniture, &c.And David left his carriage in the hands of the keeper of the carriage. 1 Sam. 17.
6.
In a moral sense, the manner of carrying ones self; behavior; conduct; deportment; personal manners.7.
Measures; practices; management.