Carriage \Car"riage\, n. [OF. cariage luggage, carriage, chariage carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage, wagoning, fr. OF. carier, charier, F. charrier, to cart. See Carry.]

1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. [Obs.]

David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of

1. Sam. xvii. 22.

And after those days we took up our carriages and went up to Jerusalem. --Acts. xxi. 15.

2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.

Nine days employed in carriage. --Chapman.

3. The price or expense of carrying.

4. That which carries of conveys, as:
   (a) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort.
   (b) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage.
   (c) A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part.
   (d) A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage.

5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners.

His gallant carriage all the rest did grace. --Stirling.

6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management.

The passage and whole carriage of this action. --Shak.

Carriage horse, a horse kept for drawing a carriage.

Carriage porch (Arch.), a canopy or roofed pavilion covering the driveway at the entrance to any building. It is intended as a shelter for those who alight from vehicles at the door; -- sometimes erroneously called in the United States porte-coch[`e]re.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)