Carriage ˈkærɪdʒ Horse Drawn Noun Railway Including Vat Orders

• a railway carriage
• a horse-drawn carriage
• £16.95 including vat and carriage
• orders are despatched within 28 days but allow time for carriage.

carriage

1. a separate section of a train for carrying passengers
• a railway carriage
2. a road vehicle, usually with four wheels, that is pulled by one or more horses and was used in the past to carry people
• a horse-drawn carriage

Extra Examples

• A horse and carriage awaited the happy couple.
• She arrived at the ball in horse-drawn carriage.
• She went for a ride in the carriage that afternoon.
• The queen waved from her ceremonial carriage.
• They could hear the sound of carriage wheels on the gravel.
3. the act or cost of transporting goods from one place to another
• £16.95 including VAT and carriage
• Orders are despatched within 28 days but allow time for carriage.
• a contract for the carriage of goods
4. a moving part of a machine that supports or moves another part, for example on a typewriter
• a carriage return (= the act of starting a new line when typing)
5. the way in which somebody holds and moves their head and body
• SYNONYM bearing
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bearing
• She showed her pedigree on her face and in her carriage.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old Northern French cariage, from carier, based on Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’.