/ ˈkærɪdʒ; NAmE / noun
1.
(also coach ) (both BrE ) ( NAmE car ) [ C ] a separate section of a train for carrying passengers :
a railway carriage
2.
[ C ] 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 ) [ U ] ( formal ) the act or cost of transporting goods from one place to another :
£16.95 including VAT and carriage
4.
[ C ] 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.
[ sing. ] ( old-fashioned ) the way in which sb holds and moves their head and body
SYN bearing
—see also baby carriage , undercarriage
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from Old Northern French cariage , from carier , based on Latin carrus wheeled vehicle.