carriage | | |
n. (artifact) | 1. carriage, coach, passenger car | a railcar where passengers ride. |
| ~ railcar, railroad car, railway car, car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad.; "three cars had jumped the rails" |
| ~ buffet car, dining car, dining compartment, diner | a passenger car where food is served in transit. |
| ~ nonsmoking car, nonsmoker | a passenger car for passengers who want to avoid tobacco smoke. |
| ~ chair car, drawing-room car, palace car, parlor car, parlour car | a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs. |
| ~ passenger train | a train that carries passengers. |
| ~ pullman, pullman car | luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel. |
| ~ sleeping car, wagon-lit, sleeper | a passenger car that has berths for sleeping. |
| ~ smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking compartment, smoker | a passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke. |
n. (artifact) | 2. carriage, equipage, rig | a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses. |
| ~ axletree | a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve. |
| ~ barouche | a horse-drawn carriage having four wheels; has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples and a folding top. |
| ~ brougham | light carriage; pulled by a single horse. |
| ~ buckboard | an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles. |
| ~ buggy, roadster | a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse. |
| ~ cabriolet, cab | small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood. |
| ~ caroche | a luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century. |
| ~ shay, chaise | a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse. |
| ~ chariot | a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage. |
| ~ clarence | a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers. |
| ~ coach-and-four, four-in-hand, coach | a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver. |
| ~ droshky, drosky | an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used in Poland and Russia. |
| ~ gharry | a horse-drawn carriage in India. |
| ~ gig | small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood. |
| ~ hackney, hackney carriage, hackney coach | a carriage for hire. |
| ~ hansom, hansom cab | a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers. |
| ~ horse-drawn vehicle | a wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses. |
| ~ landau | a four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately. |
| ~ post chaise | closed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used to transport passengers and mail. |
| ~ rumble | a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage. |
| ~ stanhope | a light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat. |
| ~ surrey | a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats. |
| ~ trap | a light two-wheeled carriage. |
| ~ troika | a Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast. |
n. (attribute) | 3. bearing, carriage, posture | characteristic way of bearing one's body.; "stood with good posture" |
| ~ bodily property | an attribute of the body. |
| ~ manner of walking, walk | manner of walking.; "he had a funny walk" |
| ~ slouch | a stooping carriage in standing and walking. |
| ~ gracefulness | beautiful carriage. |
| ~ clumsiness, awkwardness | the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant. |
n. (artifact) | 4. carriage | a machine part that carries something else. |
| ~ lathe | machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool. |
| ~ mechanism | device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function. |
| ~ typewriter | hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time. |
| ~ typewriter carriage | a carriage for carrying a sheet of paper. |
n. (artifact) | 5. baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, pusher, stroller | a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around. |
| ~ bassinet | a perambulator that resembles a bassinet. |
| ~ wheeled vehicle | a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people.; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC" |
chariot | | |
n. (artifact) | 1. chariot | a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage. |
| ~ carriage, equipage, rig | a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses. |
n. (artifact) | 2. chariot | a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome. |
| ~ horse-drawn vehicle | a wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses. |
v. (motion) | 3. chariot | transport in a chariot. |
| ~ carry, transport | move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" |
v. (motion) | 4. chariot | ride in a chariot. |
| ~ ride | be carried or travel on or in a vehicle.; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" |
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