Definition of carriage

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Carriage (n.) A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part.

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Vettura :: Vettura (n.) An Italian four-wheeled carriage, esp. one let for hire; a hackney coach..
Passage :: Passage (v. i.) Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance..
Freightage :: Freightage (n.) Charge for transportation; expense of carriage.
Upcast :: Upcast (n.) An upset, as from a carriage..
Cart :: Cart (n.) An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
Furniture :: Furniture (v. t.) The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc..
Foil :: Foil (n.) Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
Trunnion :: Trunnion (n.) A cylindrical projection on each side of a piece, whether gun, mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on the cheeks of the carriage. See Illust. of Cannon..
Coupe :: Coupe (n.) The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on British railways..
Job :: "Job (v. t.) To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn..
Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing..
Water Carriage :: Water carriage () A vessel or boat.
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..
Pintle :: Pintle (n.) A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages..
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.].
Chariot :: Chariot (n.) A four-wheeled pleasure or state carriage, having one seat..
Gharry :: Gharry (n.) Any wheeled cart or carriage.
Hackney :: Hackney (v. t.) To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation..
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