Definition of carriage

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Carriage (n.) The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying..

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Demeanor :: Demeanor (v. t.) Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien.
Lunette :: Lunette (n.) An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
Hobit :: Hobit (n.) A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer..
Port :: Port (n.) The manner in which a person bears himself; deportment; carriage; bearing; demeanor; hence, manner or style of living; as, a proud port..
Whisky :: Whisky (n.) A light carriage built for rapid motion; -- called also tim-whiskey.
Volante :: Volante (n.) A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba.
Stock :: Stock (n.) The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage..
Transom :: Transom (n.) The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse..
Overset :: Overset (n.) An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage..
Average :: Average (n.) That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc..
Gestation :: Gestation (n.) Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise..
Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument..
Backband :: Backband (n.) The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.
Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc..
Carronade :: Carronade (n.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side..
Driver :: Driver (n.) The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive..
Breakdown :: Breakdown (n.) The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall..
Whippletree :: Whippletree (n.) The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree..
Upholster :: Upholster (v. t.) To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains..
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