Talk:Carriage

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[edit] Oldest comments

The list of types of carriages each need a brief description, which might be enough to make a further link unnecessary. Some links, like Surrey do not lead to carriage articles as it is. --Wetman 02:47, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

I have been through the list correcting/updating the links. I have deleted rickshaw and trishaw which do not appear to be horse drawn. Op. Deo 09:08, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Word Origins

Car is Brythonic not Norman French and a very very old word for wheeled vehicles. Thus the 14th C french claim seems odd and wants referencing/double checking 81.2.110.250 21:42, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merging

When merging this article with Horse-drawn vehicles one would somehow still have to accomodate the followin info:

The word car meaning "wheeled vehicle", or "pastry", came from Norman French at the beginning of the 14th century; it was extended to cover automobile in 1896. [citation needed]

In British English a railway carriage (also called a coach) is a railroad car designed and equipped for conveying passengers.

In British English at least a Waggon (or wagon) is not always unsprung so the claimed distinction seems odd. Railway wagons are always sprung of course. The statement about sprung v unsprung thus needs clarification

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.

In some parts of New England, a carriage (or shopping carriage) is sometimes a shopping cart. --Peter Horn 02:32, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Note that a "carriage" is also a carrier for a cannon or large gun in English/UK at least 81.2.110.250 21:38, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Some overlooked articles

There should be links with the poor stubs Irish State Coach, Scottish State Coach and the mistitled Gold State Coach. --Wetman 22:31, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

I took out two of the pictures and moved some of the rest around. Having four of them in the header is overkill, and the complications were introducing many bugs on the page, in Firefox and IE at least. — supreme_geek_overlord 03:24, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Horse articles discussion moved here

Hello all of you knowledgeable people, seeing as you are all interested in carriages I was wondering if you have had much to do with the competition or the pleasure side of carriage driving there is a new article on carriage driving which covers the actual use in the past and today of these vehicles and the animals which pull them. Any ideas? then the new article would become awesome with your help, thanks Bananas'n'Cream58.165.247.121 02:33, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Please note that above article has now been merged with Driving (horse) with a redirect. Montanabw(talk) 16:09, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Buggy

When I say carriage, some people think buggy, but carriages aren't buggys:

BUGGY: Square Grey Made for getting around in and maybe leisure, but not elegance.


CARRIAGE: Any Shape Any Color Made for elegance, leisure, and to get around in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.10.49.31 (talk) 01:37, 24 April 2008 (UTC)