carri

n. [ OF. cariage luggage, carriage, chariage carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage, wagoning, fr. OF. carier, charier, F. charrier, to cart. See Carry. ] 1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage. 1. Sam. xvii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

And after those days we took up our carriages and went up to Jerusalem. Acts. xxi. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nine days employed in carriage. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The price or expense of carrying. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which carries of conveys, as: (a) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort. (b) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage. (c) A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part. (d) A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners. [ 1913 Webster ]

His gallant carriage all the rest did grace. Stirling. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management. [ 1913 Webster ]

The passage and whole carriage of this action. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carriage horse, a horse kept for drawing a carriage. --
Carriage porch (Arch.), a canopy or roofed pavilion covering the driveway at the entrance to any building. It is intended as a shelter for those who alight from vehicles at the door; -- sometimes erroneously called in the United States porte-cochère. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages. [ R. ] Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a type of bolt threaded only at the end opposite the head, used mostly for fastening pieces of timber together, and inserted into pre-drilled holes. [ PJC ]

n. a small building usually near a large residence or part of an estate, used for keeping coaches, carriages, or other vehicles; -- also called coach house. It is now (1998) obsolescent and its function has been taken over by the garage, which is usually attached to a residence or main building. Carriage houses are still found on older estates, though not usually used for their original purpose. [ PJC ]

n. one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only, usually in two or three lanes. [ British ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Caribou. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A carack. See Carack. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carrick bend (Naut.), a kind of knot, used for bending together hawsers or other ropes. --
Carrick bitts (Naut.), the bitts which support the windlass. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Carry. ] 1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger. [ 1913 Webster ]

The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster. [ 1913 Webster ]

The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mach.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carrier pigeon (Zool.), a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home. --
Carrier shell (Zool.), a univalve shell of the genus Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it. --
Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a. [ 1913 Webster ]