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car·riage / ˈkarij/ • n. 1. a means of conveyance, in particular: ∎ a four-wheeled passenger vehicle pulled by two or more horses: a horse-drawn carriage. ∎ a baby carriage. ∎ a shopping cart. ∎ a wheeled support for moving a heavy object such as a gun. ∎ Brit. a passenger car of a train: the first-class carriages. 2. the transporting of items or merchandise from one place to another. ∎ the cost of such a procedure. 3. a moving part of a machine that carries other parts into the required position: a typewriter carriage. 4. [in sing.] a person's bearing or deportment: her carriage was graceful. |
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"carriage." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "carriage." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-carriage.html "carriage." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-carriage.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "carriage." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "carriage." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-carriage.html T. F. HOAD. "carriage." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-carriage.html |
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carriage. Timber framework on which the steps of a staircase are supported. One such rough-string is called a carriage-piece.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "carriage." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "carriage." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-carriage.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "carriage." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-carriage.html |
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•carriage, disparage, Harwich, intermarriage, marriage, miscarriage
•undercarriage
•cartridge, partridge
•Selfridge • Cambridge • Bainbridge
•Knightsbridge • umpirage
•borage, forage, Norwich, porridge
•Oxbridge • storage • drawbridge
•Trowbridge • tollbridge • footbridge
•courage, demurrage, encourage
•umbrage • suffrage
•peerage, steerage
•sewerage • moorage
•harbourage (US harborage)
•pasturage • pilferage • anchorage
•acreage • vicarage • brokerage
•cellarage • Coleridge
•haemorrhage (US hemorrhage)
•amperage • factorage • hectarage
•litreage (US literage), metreage (US meterage) • fosterage
•porterage, quarterage
•tutorage • average
•beverage, Beveridge
•leverage • overage • coverage
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"carriage." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "carriage." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-carriage.html "carriage." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-carriage.html |
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