Word Finder - carriage

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The act of conveying; carrying.

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Means of conveyance.

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A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.

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The carriage ride was very romantic.

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A rail car, especially one designed for the conveyance of passengers.

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A manner of walking and moving in general; how one carries oneself, bearing, gait.

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One's behaviour, or way of conducting oneself towards others.

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The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.

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A shopping cart.

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A stroller; a baby carriage.

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The charge made for conveying (especially in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and carriage paid).

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That which is carried, baggage

The carriage door was opened.

Turn the carriage quickly, coachman, and drive home.

The next morning, Gautama sat in his carriage and rode out from the palace into one of the streets of the city.

It was an autumn night, so dark that the coachman could not see the carriage pole.

It was at those moments that Dunyasha noticed her smiling as she looked out of the carriage window.

It has now come to my knowledge that you lent him your carriage for his removal from town, and that you have even accepted papers from him for safe custody.

The carriage steps clattered as they were let down.

On the 10th of May 1356 Wykeham first appears in the direct employment of the king, being appointed clerk of the king's works in the manors of Henley and Yeshampsted (Easthampstead) to pay all outgoings and expenses, including wages of masons and carpenters and other workmen, the purchase of stone, timber and other materials, and their carriage, under the view of one controller in Henley and two in Easthampstead.

Hwa Tuh, another high officer of the duchy, that he might get this lady into his possession, brought about the death of Kung Kia, and was carrying his prize in a carriage to his own palace, when she strangled herself on the way.

They have told us how he never shot at a bird perching nor fished with a net, the creatures not having in such a case a fair chance for their lives; how he conducted himself in court and among villagers; how he ate his food, and lay in his bed, and sat in his carriage; how he rose up before the old man and the mourner; how he changed countenance when it thundered, and when he saw a grand display of viands at a feast.

From Dire Dawa to Harrar there is well-made carriage road, and from Harrar to Adis Ababa the caravan track is kept in good order, the river Hawash being spanned by an iron bridge.

These include petroleum refineries, iron foundries, distilleries, flour mills, sugar refineries, sawmills, paper mills, chemical works, glass works, soap and candle works, &c. A law passed in 1887 provided that any one undertaking to found an industrial establishment with a capital of at least £2000, or employing at least 25 workmen (of whom two-thirds should be Rumanians), should be granted 12 acres of state land, exemption for a term of years from all direct taxes, freedom from customs dues for machinery and raw material imported, exemption from road taxes, reduction in cost of carriage of materials on the state railways, and preferential rights to the supply of manufactured articles to the state.

In English practice there are as many separate endless ropes as there are pairs of grooves in the two pulleys to be connected, but in cases of American practice the rope is continuously wound round the two pulleys, and the free end passes over a pulley mounted on a movable weighted carriage to adjust the tension.

They are big, handsome sheep, with finely-arched necks and graceful carriage.

He made windmills, water-clocks, kites and dials, and he is said to have invented a four-wheeled carriage which was to be moved by the rider.

On the evening of i4th January 1858, while the emperor, accompanied by the empress, was driving to the opera, these men threw some bombs under his carriage.

Neither the emperor nor the empress was injured by the explosion, but the carriage in which they were driving was wrecked, and a large number of persons who happened to be in the street at the time were either killed or wounded.

His death occurred accidentally through the upsetting of his carriage near Brennbiihel, between Imst and Wenns in Tirol (August 9, 1854).

The most important industries of the town are worsted-spinning, carriage and wagon building, and the making of colours and pottery.

From 1843 in 1868 the Servian government undertook the carriage of letters in Servia itself, while the Austro-Hungarian consulate in Belgrade forwarded correspondence to and from central and western Europe.

Among minor industries are match factories, rice and paper mills, ice, cigarette, piano, carriage and furniture factories, wood carving, &c.

The system of irrigation formerly carried on by these canals rendered the plain of Kazvin one of the most fertile regions in Persia; now most of the canals are choked up. The city has a population of about 50,000 and a thriving transit trade, particularly since 1899 when the carriage road between Resht and Teheran with Kazvin as a half-way stage was opened under the auspices of the Russian "Enzeli-Teheran Road Company."

The French have built carriage roads from the interior to the principal ports as well as to connect the principal towns.

Meanwhile carriage roads were commenced to connect all the chief centres, and the military posts were gradually extended so as to consolidate French rule over all the outlying tribes.

It is a centre of trade in opium, silk and cereals, communicating by carriage roads with Panderma.

At first he devoted himself to mathematical and astronomical studies; his Cosmotheoria (1528) records a determination of a degree of the meridian, which he made by counting the revolutions of his carriage wheels on a journey between Paris and Amiens.

The chief passes across the Sierra are those of Somosierra (4692 ft.) in the north-east, Navacerrada (5837 ft.), near Pealara, and Guadarrama (5010 ft.), a few miles farther south and west; these are crossed by carriage roads.

The bridal couple remains at the wedding reception until the last guest leaves, after which the couple leaves for the honeymoon in a car decorated with flowers or a more traditional horse and carriage.

The construction of a carriage road to Tripoli led to a partial revival of prosperity and to an export of cereals and fruit, and this growth has, in turn, been accentuated by the railway, which now connects it with Aleppo and the Damascus-Beirut line.

Before the opening (1906) of the railway to the Red Sea the trade was chiefly with Egypt via the Nile, and the great cost of carriage hindered its development.

This line shortened the distance from Khartum to the nearest seaport by nearly r000 m., and by reducing the cost of carriage of merchandise enabled Sudan produce to find a profitable outlet in the markets of the world.

Some specimens make imposing-looking carriage horses, but they have low action and are lacking in quality.

In England hunters and carriage horses are generally fed on natural hay, in Scotland on Timothy, largely imported from Canada, or ryegrass hay that has not been grown with nitrate of soda.

In person Hamilton was rather short and slender; in carriage, erect, dignified and graceful.

It contains several breweries, carriage factories, boat-building and railway shops, and manufactories of woollens, stoves and leather.

His dark skin was offset by brilliant turquoise eyes, his noble carriage and cold features giving him the appearance of an ancient prince.

However, some no-frills airlines will charge you a carriage fee.

These cages are flat pack thus requiring PART self assembly, this keeps carriage costs down.

Feeling slightly breathless at my exertion, I find myself in a carriage with several people wearing London Marathon medals around their necks.

E veryone parted, for in the next carriage there was total carnage.

Passengers without a valid passport will be refused carriage on international flights.

In 1865 the very first gasoline driven " horseless carriage " appeared.

You may join the Armed Forces with your parent's consent You can hold a license to drive an invalid carriage or moped.

All proceeds will go toward the purchase of a much needed specialized four-wheeled carriage that will enable us to take wheelchairs more easily.

A first-class saloon carriage was attached to the train for Her Royal Highness and her lady-in-waiting.

We went to the railroad depot, toward evening, and Ferguson got tickets for a second-class carriage.

You may be disembarked and refused onward carriage at any point, and may be prosecuted for offenses committed on board the aircraft.

The unit was a horse-drawn carriage carrying delivery hose.

Whether it works or not is system dependent and should not be relied upon. \r carriage return character.

The main question being discussed in the railroad carriage around me is how long he can survive.