CARRIAGES
Noun
carriages
plural of carriage
(dated) Used to specify the time that an event will end (e.g. when people would leave in their carriages)
Source: Wiktionary
CARRIAGE
Car"riage, n. Etym: [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-cochère.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition