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CARRIAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
Synonyms:
baby buggy; baby carriage; carriage; go-cart; perambulator; pram; pushchair; pusher; stroller
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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"):
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)
droshky; drosky (an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used in Poland and Russia)
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)
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)
Sense 3
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 4
Meaning:
A railcar where passengers ride
Synonyms:
carriage; coach; passenger car
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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 5
Meaning:
Characteristic way of bearing one's body
Example:
stood with good posture
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
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)
Context examples:
All about the carriage were gathered the children from a dozen blocks, waiting and eager for some tragic and terrible denouement.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The train has been broken up before now, and the carriages redistributed.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mr. Dashwood attended them down stairs, was introduced to Mrs. Jennings at the door of her carriage, and repeating his hope of being able to call on them the next day, took leave.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
We must go in the carriage, to be sure.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
I threw myself into the carriage that was to convey me away, hardly knowing whither I was going, and careless of what was passing around.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
If you would on'y lay your course, and a p'int to windward, you would ride in carriages, you would.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
In the meantime the last of the carriages had come up, and the horses had all been picketed upon the moor.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her ladyship's carriage is regularly ordered for us.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Ere Alleyne could answer there swung round the curve of the road a lady's carriage drawn by three horses abreast with a postilion upon the outer one.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The lord was willing, and let both of them have a seat in the carriage, and they all drove away together.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
