\Car"riage\, 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.]
         David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of
         the carriage.                         --1. Sam.
                                               xvii. 22.
         And after those days we took up our carriages and
         went up to Jerusalem.                 --Acts. xxi.
                                               15.
2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.
         Nine days employed in carriage.       --Chapman.
3. The price or expense of carrying.
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.
5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing;
   deportment; personal manners.
         His gallant carriage all the rest did grace.
                                               --Stirling.
6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects;
   management.
         The passage and whole carriage of this action.
                                               --Shak.
{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-coch[`e]re}.