carriage

Everyday

1. A carriage is one car of a train (UK); in the USA it is usually called a car. tree →
2. A carriage is a vehicle with wheels pulled by horses. tree →
3. A baby carriage is a pram or buggy for a baby. tree →
4. Carriage is also the cost of carrying goods. tree →

In the lessons

equal groups: passengers or seats in each carriage of a train; in history: people travelled in horse-drawn carriages; in stories: Cinderella's pumpkin turns into a carriage; in everyday life: the quiet carriage on a train

Examples

• The train has 8 carriages. tree →
• Each carriage holds 60 people. tree →
• 2 carriages are empty. tree →
• How many seats in all the carriages? tree →
• We sat in the first carriage of the train. tree →
• The queen rode in a golden carriage pulled by four horses. tree →
• The pumpkin turned into a carriage. tree →
• Please be quiet in the quiet carriage. tree →
• The Fairy stopped her carriage and addressed them: tree →

Note

Total = carriages × per carriage. Spelling trap: c-a-r-r-i-a-g-e (double r, then «iage»). In the USA a train «car», in the UK a «carriage».

Early Modern English

Meaning

A wheeled vehicle pulled by horses, used to carry people. tree →

Then and now

In these sentences it means a horse-drawn coach. Today a carriage is usually one car of a train.

Examples

• The prince looked well at the carriage. (The Crimson Fairy Book) tree →
• THE “SHINANSHA,” OR THE SOUTH POINTING CARRIAGE (Japanese Fairy Tales) tree →
• The Fairy stopped her carriage and addressed them: (The Red Fairy Book) tree →

Note

Today: coach; horse-drawn vehicle.