1. A railcar where passengers ride
   "The train consisted of a locomotive and six carriages";
   - passenger car, coach
    
2. A vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
   "The elegant carriage carried the newlyweds through the city streets";
   - equipage, rig
    
3. A small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
   "The young mother pushed the baby carriage through the park";
   - baby buggy, baby carriage [N. Amer], perambulator, pram [Brit], stroller [N. Amer], go-cart [archaic], pushchair [Brit], pusher [Austral, informal]
    
4. Characteristic way of bearing one's body
   "stood with good carriage";
   - bearing, posture
    
5. A machine part that carries something else
   "The printer carriage moved back and forth as it printed the document"
    
6. The cost of transporting something
   "Shipping and carriage fees apply"

Derived forms: carriages

Type of: bodily property, bogie [Asia], car, horse-drawn vehicle, mechanism, railcar, railroad car [N. Amer], railway car [Brit, Cdn], railway carriage [Brit, Cdn], wheeled vehicle

Part of: lathe, passenger train, typewriter

Encyclopedia: Carriage