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car·riage Listen to audio/ˈkerɪʤ/ noun
plural car·riag·es
1 : a large vehicle with four wheels that is pulled by a horse and that carries people [count] They rode to the city in carriages. [noncount] They rode by carriage. —called also coach
2 [count] : a wheeled structure that is used to carry and move something heavy (such as a large gun)
an artillery carriage
3 [count] US : baby carriage
I took the baby to the park in the carriage.
4 [count] Brit : a separate section of a train
a passenger carriage [=(US) car, (Brit) coach]
5 [count] : a moving part of a machine that supports or carries some other movable object or part
a typewriter carriage
6 [noncount] somewhat old-fashioned : the way in which a person's body is positioned when the person is moving, standing, etc.
a dancer noted for her elegant carriage [=posture]
7 [noncount] Brit : the process or cost of carrying or transporting goods
the carriage of goods payment of carriage charges

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