carriage

Definitions


[ˈkarɪdʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- any of the separate sections of a train that carry passengers
(e.g: the first-class carriages)

- the conveying of goods or passengers from one place to another
(e.g: the carriage of bikes on public transport)

- a moving part of a machine that carries other parts into the required position
(e.g: a typewriter carriage)

- a person's bearing or deportment
(e.g: her carriage was graceful, her movements quick and deft)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old Northern French cariage, from carier (see carry)




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