carriage
car·riage (kărʹĭj)n. 1. A wheeled vehicle, especially a four-wheeled horse-drawn passenger vehicle, often of an elegant design. 2. Chiefly British. A railroad passenger car. 3. A baby carriage. 4. A wheeled support or frame for carrying a heavy object, such as a cannon. 5. A moving part of a machine for holding or shifting another part: the carriage of a typewriter. 6. a. The act or process of transporting or carrying. b. (kărʹē-ĭj) The cost of or the charge for transporting. 7. The manner of holding and moving one's head and body; bearing. See Synonyms at posture. 8. Archaic. Management; administration. [Middle English cariage, from Norman French, from Old North French carier, to carry. See carry.]
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