Carriage

The classic definition of a carriage is a four-wheeled horse-drawn private passenger vehicle with leaf springs (elliptical springs in the 19th century) or leather strapping for suspension, whether light, smart and fast or large and comfortable. Compare the public conveyances stagecoach, charabanc, and omnibus.

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Horse - Leaf spring - Suspension - Stagecoach - Charabanc - Omnibus

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A vehicle that is not sprung is a wagon. A buckboard or Conestoga wagon or "prairie schooner" was never taken for a carriage, but a waggonette was a pleasure vehicle, with lengthwise seats.

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Wagon - Buckboard - Conestoga wagon

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The word car meaning "wheeled vehicle," came from Norman French at the beginning of the 14th century; it was extended to cover automobile in 1896.

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In British English a railway carriage (also called a coach) is a railroad car designed and equipped for conveying passengers.

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Coach - Railroad car

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In American English, a baby carriage is a wheeled conveyance for reclining infants (British English perambulator or pram), usually with a hood that can be adjusted to protect the baby from the sun.

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In some parts of New England, a carriage (or shopping carriage) is sometimes a shopping cart.

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New England - Shopping cart

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