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A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to give space for reclining at night, when used on a journey.

A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.

A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short.

The head of a buffer, which recieves the concussion, in railroad carriages.

A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. "A cab came clattering up." Thackeray.

A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top.

A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber. Farrow.

A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage. The baroness in a calash capable of holding herself, her two children, and her servants. W. Irv…

A small, light, open one-horse carriage.

A kind of pleasure carriage; a coach. [Obs.] To mount two-wheeled caroches. Butler.

nd used to convey passengers within city limits or for traveling. It is the common public carriage.

the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.

A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.

An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage. Cart horse, a horse which draws a cart; a horse bred or used for drawing heavy loads. -- Cart load, or Cartload, as much as will fill or load a cart. In excavating and carting sand, gravel, earth, etc., one third of a cubic yard of the material before it is loosened is estimated…

A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two- wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig. Shak. Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. Pope.

A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thoroughbraces. It is usually drawn by one horse.

A short piece of ornance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. Air chamber. See Air chamber, in the Vocabulary. -- Chamber of commerce, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and…

A four-wheeled pleasure or state carriage, having one seat. Shak.

A light, covered, four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two seats.

A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gum moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.]