water carriage

noun

Transportation or conveyance by water; means of transporting by water.

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Meanings

nounwater carriage (plural water carriages)

plural water carriages

  1. Transportation or conveyance by water; means of transporting by water.
  2. obsoleteA vessel or boat.

    If one considers that paſſage, it seems possible to go generally by Water-carriage from China to Spain without entring into the Ocean

    1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations
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MLA

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

Chicago

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