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Synonyms for carriage

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
Example sentences :
  • 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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