Carriage (disambiguation)
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Carriage
is a wheeled vehicle for carrying people, especially horse-drawn.
Carriage may also refer to:
Carriage
A carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people, usually horse-drawn; litters and sedan chairs are excluded, since they are wheelless vehicles. The carriage is especially designed for private passenger use and for comfort or elegance, though some are also used to transport goods. It may be light,...
is a wheeled vehicle for carrying people, especially horse-drawn.
Carriage may also refer to:
Vehicle
- Baby carriageBaby transportBaby transport consists of devices for transporting and carrying infants. A "child carrier" or "baby carrier" is a device used to carry an infant or small child on the body of an adult...
(especially in North America), a four-wheeled pushed conveyance for reclining infants, also called a pram - Gun carriage, an apparatus upon which a field gun is mounted for manoeuvering, firing and transport
- Hose carriageFirehoseA fire hose is a high-pressure hose used to carry water or other fire retardant to a fire to extinguish it. Outdoors, it is attached either to a fire engine or a fire hydrant. Indoors, it can be permanently attached to a building's standpipe or plumbing system...
, a wheeled vehicle for carrying a firehose - Railway carriage (especially in the British Isles and many Commonwealth countries), a railway vehicle (US:railroad car), part of a train for carrying people
Other
- Typewriter carriage, the part of a typewriter which moves the paper past the printing mechanism
- Staircase carriage, the timber or iron joist supporting a wooden staircase
- Lace-making machine carriage, part of a lace-making machine