[car.riage] n [ME cariage, fr. ONF, fr. carier to transport in a vehicle--more at carry] (14c) 1: the act of carrying
2. a archaic: deportment b: manner of bearing the body: posture 3 archaic: management
4. chiefly Brit: the price or expense of carrying
5. obs: burden, load
6. a: a wheeled vehicle; esp: a horse-drawn vehicle designed for private use and comfort b Brit: a railway passenger coach 7: a wheeled support carrying a burden
8. obs: import, sense
9. obs: a hanger for a sword 10: a movable part of a machine for supporting some other movable object or part "a typewriter ~" syn see bearing