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- //They rode to the city in carriages.
- //I took the baby to the park in the carriage.
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1aHistory and Etymology
Middle English cariage, carrage "act of transporting, conveyances collectively, vehicle, burden, baggage," borrowed from Anglo-French "transporting, means of transport, baggage train," from carier, charier "to transport, carry entry 1" + -age -agecarriage
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Synonyms
- a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers //a museum with a large collection of beautiful, old carriagesRelated Wordsbarouche brougham buckboard buggy cab cabriolet calash calèche (or caleche) caroche carryall chaise chariot coach coupé (or coupe) curricle diligence dogcart droshky (also drosky) four-in-hand gig go-cart hackney hackney coach hansom (or hansom cab) jaunting car landau phaeton post chaise roadster rockaway stage stagecoach stanhope surrey tandem tilbury tonga trap troika victoria
- a general way of holding the body //her Ladyship's carriage is upright and regalRelated WordsExamples
- //They rode to the city in carriages.
- //I took the baby to the park in the carriage.
First Known Use14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1aHistory and EtymologyMiddle English cariage, carrage "act of transporting, conveyances collectively, vehicle, burden, baggage," borrowed from Anglo-French "transporting, means of transport, baggage train," from carier, charier "to transport, carry entry 1" + -age -agecarriagenounSynonyms
- a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers //a museum with a large collection of beautiful, old carriagesRelated Wordsbarouche brougham buckboard buggy cab cabriolet calash calèche (or caleche) caroche carryall chaise chariot coach coupé (or coupe) curricle diligence dogcart droshky (also drosky) four-in-hand gig go-cart hackney hackney coach hansom (or hansom cab) jaunting car landau phaeton post chaise roadster rockaway stage stagecoach stanhope surrey tandem tilbury tonga trap troika victoria