Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CAR'RIAGE, n. [Fr. charriage, from charrier, to carry; It. carreggio, or carriaggio. See Carry.]

1. The act of carrying, bearing, transporting, or conveying; as, the carriage of sounds. – Bacon.
2. The act of taking by an enemy; conquest; acquisition. [Obs.] – Knolles.
3. That which carries, especially on wheels; a vehicle. This is a general term for a coach, chariot, chaise, gig, sulky, or other vehicle on wheels, as a cannon-carriage on trucks, a block-carriage for mortars, and a truck-carriage. Appropriately the word is applied to a coach; and carts and wagons are rarely or never called carriages.
4. The price or expense of carrying.
5. That which is carried; burden; as, baggage, vessels, furniture, &c. And David left his carriage in the hands of the keeper of the carriage. 1 Sam. xvii. [Little used.] – Spenser.
6. In a moral sense, the manner of carrying one's self; behavior; conduct; deportment; personal manners. – Bacon. Dryden.
7. Measures; practices; management. – Shak.