carriage
Sign in to savethumb|A royal landau (carriage)|landau outside [[Buckingham Palace, London]] thumb|Competitive driving in Rennes, France thumb|The National Coach Museum in [[Lisbon, Portugal]] A carriage is a two- or four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for passengers. In Europe they were a common mode of transport for the wealthy during the Roman Empire, and then again from around 1600 until they were replaced by the motor car around 1900. They were generally owned by the rich, but second-hand private carriages became common public transport, the equivalent of modern cars used as taxis. Carriage suspensions are
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15 sectionsContents
- Overview
- History
- Construction
- Body
- Undercarriage
- Wheels
- Fittings, furnishings and appointments
- Carriage terminology
- Competitive driving
- Types of horse-drawn carriages
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|A royal landau (carriage)|landau outside [[Buckingham Palace, London]] thumb|Competitive driving in Rennes, France thumb|The National Coach Museum in [[Lisbon, Portugal]] A carriage is a two- or four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for passengers. In Europe they were a common mode of transport for the wealthy during the Roman Empire, and then again from around 1600 until they were replaced by the motor car around 1900. They were generally owned by the rich, but second-hand private carriages became common public transport, the equivalent of modern cars used as taxis. Carriage suspensions are by leather strapping or, on those made in recent centuries, steel springs. There are numerous names for different types. Two-wheeled carriages are usually owner-driven.
Coaches are a special category within carriages. They are carriages with four corner posts and a fixed roof. Two-wheeled war chariots and transport vehicles such as four-wheeled wagons and two-wheeled carts were forerunners of carriages.