Noun: railway carriage
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: railroad car)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: railroad car)
- A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railway
"three railway carriages had jumped the rails";
- car, railcar, railway car [Brit, Cdn], railroad car [N. Amer], bogie [Asia]
Derived forms: railway carriages
Type of: wheeled vehicle
Part of: railroad train [N. Amer], railway train [Brit, Cdn], train
Encyclopedia: Railway carriage