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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kar-ij; for 9 also kar-ee-ij |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær ɪdʒ; for 9 also ˈkær i ɪdʒ |
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Définition of carriage
Origin :- late 14c., "act of carrying, means of conveyance; wheeled vehicles collectively," from Anglo-French and Old North French cariage "cart, carriage, action of transporting in a vehicle" (Old French charriage, Modern French charriage), from carier "to carry" (see carry (v.)). Meaning "individual wheeled vehicle" is c.1400; specific sense of "horse-drawn, wheeled vehicle for hauling people" first attested 1706; extended to railway cars by 1830. Meaning "way of carrying one's body" is 1590s. Carriage-house attested from 1761.
- noun delivery of freight
- noun posture, physical and mental
- The two saddle-horses and a team for carriage use had been shipped ahead.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Your manner reduced me to a groom who opened your carriage door.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- At the same time there was not a suspicion of truculence or even repulse in his carriage.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- There was greater freedom in her carriage, and she seemed to have grown.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Simplicity and self-forgetfulness were manifest in carriage and utterance.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- All the way home in the carriage I marshalled arguments in his favour.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Mr. Winship asked at last, peering out at the carriage window.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Keeps the finest span and carriage in the city, and lives in a palace.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- "I must send somebody for a carriage," she said, looking around anxiously.
- Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- Only conceive the sound of—Mrs. O'Donoghoe's carriage there!
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
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