CARRIAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carriage mean? 

• CARRIAGE (noun)
  The noun CARRIAGE has 5 senses:

1. a railcar where passengers ride

2. a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses

3. characteristic way of bearing one's body

4. a machine part that carries something else

5. a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around

  Familiarity information: CARRIAGE used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARRIAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A railcar where passengers ride

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carriage; coach; passenger car

Hypernyms ("carriage" is a kind of...):

car; railcar; railroad car; railway car (a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carriage"):

buffet car; diner; dining car; dining compartment (a passenger car where food is served in transit)

nonsmoker; nonsmoking car (a passenger car for passengers who want to avoid tobacco smoke)

chair car; drawing-room car; palace car; parlor car; parlour car (a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs)

Pullman; Pullman car (luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel)

sleeper; sleeping car; wagon-lit (a passenger car that has berths for sleeping)

smoker; smoking car; smoking carriage; smoking compartment (a passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke)

Holonyms ("carriage" is a member of...):

passenger train (a train that carries passengers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carriage; equipage; rig

Hypernyms ("carriage" is a kind of...):

horse-drawn vehicle (a wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses)

Meronyms (parts of "carriage"):

rumble (a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage)

axletree (a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carriage"):

barouche (a horse-drawn carriage having four wheels; has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples and a folding top)

troika (a Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast)

trap (a light two-wheeled carriage)

surrey (a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats)

stanhope (a light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat)

post chaise (closed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used to transport passengers and mail)

landau (a four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately)

hansom; hansom cab (a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers)

hackney; hackney carriage; hackney coach (a carriage for hire)

gig (small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood)

gharry (a horse-drawn carriage in India)

coach; coach-and-four; four-in-hand (a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver)

clarence (a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers)

chariot (a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage)

chaise; shay (a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse)

caroche (a luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century)

cab; cabriolet (small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood)

buggy; roadster (a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse)

buckboard (an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles)

brougham (light carriage; pulled by a single horse)

droshky; drosky (an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used in Poland and Russia)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Characteristic way of bearing one's body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

bearing; carriage; posture

Context example:

stood with good posture

Hypernyms ("carriage" is a kind of...):

bodily property (an attribute of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carriage"):

manner of walking; walk (manner of walking)

slouch (a stooping carriage in standing and walking)

gracefulness (beautiful carriage)

awkwardness; clumsiness (the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant)

Derivation:

carry (support or hold in a certain manner)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A machine part that carries something else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("carriage" is a kind of...):

mechanism (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carriage"):

typewriter carriage (a carriage for carrying a sheet of paper)

Holonyms ("carriage" is a part of...):

typewriter (hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time)

lathe (machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

baby buggy; baby carriage; carriage; go-cart; perambulator; pram; pushchair; pusher; stroller

Hypernyms ("carriage" is a kind of...):

wheeled vehicle (a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carriage"):

bassinet (a perambulator that resembles a bassinet)

 Context examples 

I thank heaven that my compunction at leaving poor Staunton all alone in this plight caused me to turn my carriage back and so to make your acquaintance.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With these words Mr. Brocklehurst put into my hand a thin pamphlet sewn in a cover, and having rung for his carriage, he departed.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It was only when I touched his arm that he roused himself with a violent start and stepped out of the carriage.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Her ladyship's carriage was a barouche, and did not hold more than four with any comfort.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

I can't have a carriage without its costing ever so much.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The carriage is safe enough, if a man knows how to drive it; a thing of that sort in good hands will last above twenty years after it is fairly worn out.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

We had the carriage to ourselves save for an immense litter of papers which Holmes had brought with him.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They were both upright in their carriage, formal, precise, composed, and quiet.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"I shall wire to my people to have horses and carriages where they will be most convenient."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

His carriage was one of mingled triumph and caution.

(White Fang, by Jack London)