Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - carriage

 noun  Etymology: Middle English cariage, from Anglo-French, from carier to transport — more at carry  Date: 14th century  1. the act of carrying  2.  a. archaic deportment  b. manner of bearing the body ; posture  3. archaic management  4. chiefly British the price or expense of carrying  5. obsolete burden, load  6.  a. a wheeled vehicle; especially a horse-drawn vehicle designed for private use and comfort  b. British a railway passenger coach  7. a wheeled support carrying a burden  8. obsolete import, sense  9. obsolete a hanger for a sword  10. a movable part of a machine for supporting some other movable object or part a typewriter ~  Synonyms: see bearing