plural carriages
1
a
: a wheeled vehicle
especially
: a horse-drawn vehicle designed for private use and comfort
b
British
: a railway passenger coach
2
: a wheeled support carrying a burden
3
a
: manner of bearing the body : posture
that slender unrigid erectness and the fine carriage of head—
Willa Cather
Willa Cather
b
archaic
: deportment
4
: the act of carrying
5
: a movable part of a machine for supporting some other movable object or part
a typewriter carriage
6
chiefly British
: the price or expense of carrying
7
medical
: the condition of harboring a pathogen within the body
Clinical manifestations of enterovirus infections are protean, ranging from asymptomatic carriage to life-threatening illness.—Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal of the American Medical AssociationHospitals commonly screen patients in the ICU for nasal carriage of MRSA and use contact precautions with carriers.—Susan S. Huang et al.
Susan S. Huang et al.8
archaic
: management
11
obsolete
: a hanger for a sword
Examples of carriage in a Sentence
They rode to the city in carriages.
I took the baby to the park in the carriage.
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The company gained wide attention in 2023 for taking a stand with Disney in a carriage negotiation, allowing ESPN, ABC and other networks to go dark for 10 days in late-summer.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
The tour swings past the ranch’s horse cemetery, the old carriage house, the ranch Commissary and the home built in 1912 by King’s widow, Henrietta.
—Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
Delta Air Lines Delta's code of carriage does not have a specific dress code.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
Based on this tabulation of audience response, companies might make decisions about content programming and licensing or carriage fees in distribution deals.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
The tour swings past the ranch’s horse cemetery, the old carriage house, the ranch Commissary and the home built in 1912 by King’s widow, Henrietta.
—Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
Delta Air Lines Delta's code of carriage does not have a specific dress code.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
Based on this tabulation of audience response, companies might make decisions about content programming and licensing or carriage fees in distribution deals.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for carriage
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“Carriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carriage. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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carriage
noun
car·riage
ˈkar-ij 
1
: the act of carrying
2
: manner of holding the body : posture
3
: a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle designed for carrying persons
4
: a wheeled support carrying a load
gun carriage
5
: a movable part of a machine for supporting some other movable object or part
a typewriter carriage
Medical Definition
carriage
noun
car·riage
ˈkar-ij
: the condition of harboring a pathogen within the body
immunization against hepatitis B reduced the rate of HBV carriage
asymptomatic carriage of the pneumococcus in the nasopharynx
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