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
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is carriage a noun, verb, or something else?
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