carriage Definition

carriage
noun

1. A four-wheeled horse-drawn passenger vehicle.

Thesaurus: vehicle, buggy, surrey, coach, cart, hansom, chaise, chariot.
2. A railway coach for carrying passengers.
3. The process or cost of transporting goods.
4. A moving section of a machine, eg a typewriter, that carries some part into the required position.
5. A wheeled support for a gun.
6. The way one holds oneself when standing or walking.

Thesaurus: demeanour, mien, attitude, air, presence, comportment, gait, bearing, posture, stance.

Etymology: 14c: from French cariage, from carier to carry.