Origin: French suffix -age
Carriage has 6 different meanings across 1 category:
a railcar where passengers ride
"The old-fashioned carriage rattled along the tracks as we made our way to the city center."
a machine part that carries something else
"The carriage on his rifle holds the bullets in place until he is ready to fire."
a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
"The mother gently rocked her daughter in the pram as they walked through the park."
The act of conveying; carrying.
"The carriage of goods by train was significantly faster than road transport in the nineteenth century."
In plain English: Carriage is an old-fashioned horse-drawn vehicle used for transporting people before cars existed.
"The horse-drawn carriage clattered down the cobblestone street with great speed."
The word carriage entered English via the Middle English term cariage, which was borrowed from Old Northern French. It ultimately traces back to a verb meaning "to carry."