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# carriage

noun (carriage, carriages)

«carriage» in the English dictionary: everyday and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A carriage is one car of a train (UK); in the USA it is usually called a car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriage/#m1)
2. A carriage is a vehicle with wheels pulled by horses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriage/#m2)
3. A baby carriage is a pram or buggy for a baby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriage/#m3)
4. Carriage is also the cost of carrying goods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriage/#m4)

### In the lessons

equal groups: passengers or seats in each carriage of a train; in history: people travelled in horse-drawn carriages; in stories: Cinderella's pumpkin turns into a carriage; in everyday life: the quiet carriage on a train

### Examples

- The train has 8 carriages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriage/#x1)
- Each carriage holds 60 people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriage/#x2)
- 2 carriages are empty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriage/#x3)
- How many seats in all the carriages? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriage/#x4)
- We sat in the first carriage of the train. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriage/#x5)
- The queen rode in a golden carriage pulled by four horses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriage/#x6)
- The pumpkin turned into a carriage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriage/#x7)
- Please be quiet in the quiet carriage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriage/#x8)
- The Fairy stopped her carriage and addressed them: [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriage/#x9)

### Note

Total = carriages × per carriage. Spelling trap: c-a-r-r-i-a-g-e (double r, then «iage»). In the USA a train «car», in the UK a «carriage».

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

A wheeled vehicle pulled by horses, used to carry people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/carriage/#m1)

### Then and now

In these sentences it means a horse-drawn coach. Today a carriage is usually one car of a train.

### Examples

- The prince looked well at the carriage. (The Crimson Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/carriage/#x1)
- THE “SHINANSHA,” OR THE SOUTH POINTING CARRIAGE (Japanese Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/carriage/#x2)
- The Fairy stopped her carriage and addressed them: (The Red Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/carriage/#x3)

### Note

Today: coach; horse-drawn vehicle.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «carriage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«carriage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/carriage.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «carriage» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/carriage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«carriage» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/carriage.html) on Mova free.