carriage piece

carriage piece
carriage (def. 7).

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  • carriage — /kar ij/; for 9 also /kar ee ij/, n. 1. a wheeled vehicle for conveying persons, as one drawn by horses and designed for comfort and elegance. 2. See baby carriage. 3. Brit. a railway passenger coach. 4. a wheeled support, as for a cannon. 5. a… …   Universalium

  • Carriage — A carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people, usually horse drawn. It is especially designed for private passenger use and for comfort or elegance, though some are also used to transport goods. It may be light, smart and fast or heavy, large and… …   Wikipedia

  • carriage */ — UK [ˈkærɪdʒ] / US [ˈkerɪdʒ] noun Word forms carriage : singular carriage plural carriages 1) [countable] a vehicle with wheels that is pulled by horses, especially one used in the past before cars were invented 2) [countable] British one of the… …   English dictionary

  • Carriage Return Line Feed — En informatique, CRLF (ou CR+LF), est une séquence de deux octets qui indique une fin de la ligne (et surtout une nouvelle ligne) dans un texte. Le sigle CRLF provient de la juxtaposition du sigle de Carriage Return (retour chariot) et de Line… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • carriage — car|riage [ kerıdʒ ] noun * ▸ 1 vehicle pulled by horse ▸ 2 moving part of machine ▸ 3 for moving something heavy ▸ 4 way someone walks ▸ 5 part of train ▸ 6 (cost of) moving goods 1. ) count a vehicle with wheels that is pulled by horses,… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Gun carriage — Gun Gun (g[u^]n), n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E. mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.] 1. A weapon which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fore carriage — Fore Fore (f[=o]r), a. [See {Fore}, adv.] Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; opposed to {back} or {behind};… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fore piece — Fore Fore (f[=o]r), a. [See {Fore}, adv.] Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; opposed to {back} or {behind};… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wheel carriage — Wheel Wheel (hw[=e]l), n. [OE. wheel, hweol, AS. hwe[ o]l, hweogul, hweowol; akin to D. wiel, Icel. hv[=e]l, Gr. ky klos, Skr. cakra; cf. Icel. hj[=o]l, Dan. hiul, Sw. hjul. [root]218. Cf. {Cycle}, {Cyclopedia}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A circular… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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