carriage

Universal Words noun 1 (also coach) (both BrE) (AmE car) [C] a separate section of a train for carrying passengers: a railway carriage 2 [C] a road vehicle, usually with four wheels, that is pulled by one or more horses and was used in the past to carry people: a horse-drawn carriage 3 (BrE) (also handling AmE, BrE) [U] (formal) the act or cost of transporting goods from one place to another: ｣16.95 including VAT and carriage * Orders are despatched within 28 days but allow time for carriage. * a contract for the carriage of goods 4 [C] a moving part of a machine that supports or moves another part, for example on a TYPEWRITER: a carriage return (= the act of starting a new line when typing) 5 [sing.] (old-fashioned) the way in which sb holds and moves their head and body: She showed her pedigree on her face and in her carriage. seealsoBABYCARRIAGE, UNDERCARRIAGE