carriage

noun

Etymology: From Middle English cariage, from Old Northern French cariage, from carier (“to carry”).

1. The act of conveying; carrying.

   “The remainder of the men were employed in unbarreling our Pork and stringing it on poles for convenience of carriage, and carrying our Batteaux from the river to the pond.”

2. A means of conveyance.
3. A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.

   “The carriage ride was very romantic.”

4. Ellipsis of railway carriage (“a passenger railroad car, or any railroad car”).

   “When the long, hot journey drew to its end and the train slowed down for the last time, there was a stir in Jessamy’s carriage. People began to shake crumbs from their laps and tidy themselves up a little.”

5. The manner or posture in which one holds or positions a body part, such as one's arm or head.

   “The runner has a very low arm carriage.”

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

   “a tall woman with a beautiful upright carriage.”

   “His carriage was full comely and vpright, / His countenaunce demure and temperate [...].”

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

   “I had almoſt forgotten to acquaint your honor, that one major Alford (who was in mr. Love's conſpiracy) was of the graund inqueſt at Saliſbury, and was very zealous in his highneſſe ſervice here, and his good affection and wiſe carriage here, did much advantage the buſſineſe.”

   “He now assumed a carriage to me so very different from what he had lately worn, and so nearly resembling his behaviour the first week of our marriage, that […] he might, possibly, have rekindled my fondness for him.”

8. The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.
9. A shopping cart.
10. A stroller; a baby carriage.
11. A gun carriage.
12. The charge made for conveying (especially in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and Carriage Paid To).
13. That which is carried, baggage.

    “And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.”