3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carriage \Car"riage\, n. [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
--Shak.
{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-coch[`e]re}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
carriage
n 1: a railcar where passengers ride [syn: {passenger car}, {coach}]
2: a wheeled vehicle drawn by horses [syn: {equipage}, {rig}]
3: characteristic way of bearing one's body: "stood with good
posture" [syn: {bearing}, {posture}]
4: a machine part that carries something else
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Carriage
In the Authorized Version this word is found as the rendering of
many different words In Judg. 18:21 it means valuables, wealth,
or booty. In Isa. 46:1 (R.V., "the things that ye carried
about") the word means a load for a beast of burden. In 1 Sam.
17:22 and Isa. 10:28 it is the rendering of a word ("stuff" in 1
Sam. 10:22) meaning implements, equipments, baggage. The phrase
in Acts 21:15, "We took up our carriages," means properly, "We
packed up our baggage," as in the Revised Version.
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