Tra từ carriage - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

car·riage [carriage carriages] BrE [ˈkærɪdʒ] NAmE [ˈkærɪdʒ] noun
1. (also coach) (both BrE) (NAmE car)countable a separate section of a train for carrying passengers
•a railway carriage
2. countable 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
3. (BrE) (also hand·ling NAmE, BrE)uncountable (formal)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. countable 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. singular (old-fashioned)the way in which sb holds and moves their head and body
Syn: ↑bearing
•She showed her pedigree on her face and in her carriage.
see also ↑baby carriage, ↑undercarriage
See also: ↑car ▪ ↑coach ▪ ↑handling

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

Thesaurus:
carriage noun
1. (BrE)
•All the second-class carriages were full.
compartment • |BrE coach • |AmE car •
a railway carriage/compartment/coach
a railroad car
a first-class/second-class, etc. carriage/compartment/coach
a passenger carriage/compartment/coach/car
Carriage, coach or compartment? Coach is the word used in official language by train companies; carriage is used more in everyday speech
•Your seats are in Coach D.
• I had to go to the end of the carriage to find a seat.
A compartment is a separate section of a carriage.
2.
•A horse and carriage awaited the happy couple.
cart • • wagon • • stagecoach •
in a carriage/wagon/stagecoach
on a cart/wagon
a horse-drawn carriage/cart/wagon

Example Bank:
•A horse and carriage awaited the happy couple.
•All the second-class carriages were full.
•He flung open the carriage door.
•It will cost £257.00 including tax and carriage.
•Several people got into the carriage.
•She arrived at the ball in horse-drawn carriage.
•She asked for a non-smoking carriage.
•She went for a ride in the carriage that afternoon.
•The queen waved from her ceremonial carriage.
•There is a law regulating the carriage of goods by road.
•They could hear the sound of carriage wheels on the gravel.