noun
carriage
KAIR-ij/ˈkærɪdʒ/
A vehicle or moving support that carries a load.
Two horses pull the carriage along the cobbled street.
Etymology
Cariage covered both transporting things and the vehicle used to transport them. In English, the vehicle meaning became more specific: a horse-drawn wheeled conveyance for people.
In context
if you can't find a vehicle then get me a white horse-drawn carriage
More examples
- Passengers enter the rear railway carriage.
- The shipping fee covers the carriage of the goods.
- The machine's carriage moves the cutting tool across the workpiece.
Forms
carriage · carriages