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The classic definition of a carriage is a four-wheeled horse-drawn private passenger vehicle with springs for suspension, especially one that is large and comfortable. Compare the public conveyances stagecoach, charabanc, and omnibus. Some of the names for types of carriages have been adopted to describe automotive car body styles, while others are now the trivia of history: coupé, victoria, Brougham, landau, cabriolet, (giving us our cab), phaeton, and limousine all once denoted particular models of carriages. So did the unfamiliar calèche (or calash), berline, diligence, britzska, surrey, and barouche and the similar vis-à-vis.Two-wheeled conveyances went by other names: gig, Hansom cab, chaise (corrupted to shay), sulky, and trap. A buggy might have two wheels or four.
A vehicle that is not sprung is a wagon. A Conestoga wagon was never taken for a carriage, but a waggonette was a pleasure vehicle, with lengthwise seats.
The word car meaning "wheeled vehicle," came from Norman French at the beginning of the 14th century; it was extended to cover automobile in 1896.
In British English a railway carriage (also called a coach) is a railroad car designed and equipped for conveying passengers.
In American English, a baby carriage is a wheeled conveyance for reclining infants (British English perambulator or pram), usually with a hood that can be adjusted to protect the baby from the sun.
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