Definition of carriage

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Carriage (n.) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort..

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Jolt :: "Jolt (n.) A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground..
Splasher :: Splasher (n.) One of the guarde over the wheels, as of a carriage, locomotive, etc..
Traction :: Traction (n.) Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug..
Hand :: Hand (v. t.) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage..
Backband :: Backband (n.) The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.
Beam :: Beam (n.) The pole of a carriage.
Post :: Post (n.) An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported..
Drive :: Drive (v. i.) To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door..
Chassis :: Chassis (n.) A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.].
Locomotive :: Locomotive (n.) A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix..
Swinish :: Swingtree (n.) The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.
Berlin :: Berlin (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin..
Trace :: Trace (v. t.) A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace..
Dog :: Dog (n.) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill..
Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc..
Trigger :: Trigger (n.) A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
Herse :: Herse (n.) See Hearse, a carriage for the dead..
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail..
Train :: Train (v.) A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.
Behavior :: Behavior (n.) Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle..
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