carriage house

noun

A building for keeping a horse and carriage when not in use, separate from the house.

“Near-synonym: driveshed”

Similar
driveshedcoach houseremise
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Meanings

nouncarriage house (plural carriage houses)

plural carriage houses

  1. A building for keeping a horse and carriage when not in use, separate from the house.

    Near-synonym: driveshed

    Synonyms: driveshed

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA building for keeping a horse and carriage when not in use, separate from the house.

Similar
driveshed

More synonyms by meaning

nouna small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles

Similar
coach houseremise
Broader
outbuilding
Also see
coach housedriveshedremise

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Originating from the time when most transportation was a horse-drawn carriage.

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Translations

French remise à calèches
  • remise à calèchesbuilding for keeping a horse and carriage
German Remise
  • Remisebuilding for keeping a horse and carriage
Irish teach cóiste
  • teach cóistebuilding for keeping a horse and carriage
Polish wozownia, powozownia
  • wozowniabuilding for keeping a horse and carriage
  • powozowniabuilding for keeping a horse and carriage
Cite this entry
APA

carriage house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carriage%20house

MLA

“carriage house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carriage%20house. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carriage house,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carriage%20house.

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