Middle English Dictionary Entry
cariāǧe n.
Entry Info
Forms | cariāǧe n. Also carr(i)age, carige. |
Etymology | AF; cp. CF chariage. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The act of transporting (usually with wagons or carts, also on horses or by ship); the carrying of a corpse to burial [quot.: 1426]; (b) ~ man, a carter; ~ sadel, a pack saddle; ~ wain, a wagon for hauling; (c) ?going or coming in carts or afoot.
Associated quotations
a
- (1423) Acc.Hollingbourne in Archaeol.Cant.13562 : For Caryage of same lyme and sand.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.45.19 : That thei take waynes of the lond of Egipt to the cariage [WB(1): kariyng; L subvectionem] of her litle children.
- (1426) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)340 : I be quethe to be spende abowte my office of beryenge for cariage, almes and other costes..x mark.
- (1426-7) Rec.St.Mary at Hill64 : Also for cariage of iij lode tymbre.
- (1441) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.6 : Itm. payed for cariage of the same tymbyr.
- (1442) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 7116 : For the caryage of sond and tymber iiij dayes, xxv lodys.
- (1446) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 483 : For caryage of the bordys owte of the cherche yerde into the bushopys halle.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)6026 : Þe bell it was so grete and royde, Þat of þe caryage he was oft noyde.
- (1451) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 493 : For dyverse expenses yn mete and drynke yn the day of the caryage of the belle homward.
- (1454-5) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15159 : Item, for caryage of rubbele, ix d.
- (1464) Let.Bk.Lond.L (Gldh LetBk L)48 : And that þe Carters and porters be compelled to serve the people in their Cariages and Portages.
- (a1472) Acc.Bodmin in Camd.n.s.1413 : For cariage of the same stonys from Pentewyn to seynt Wynnowe.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)52ba : Comande also that they take cariage [sense 2.(a)] of this londe of egypte for the cariage [sense 1.(a)] of their chyldren and wyues.
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)112 : The besi marchant..Nar shippis & hors, coude make no cariage.
b
- (1374) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103581 : In exp. Ade Carriageman versus Lethom..3 s.
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.527/11 : Et pro j cariage sadelle, x s.
- (1404-5) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103605 : In 4 Jugis empt. pro le cariagewayn, 6 d.
c
- (1447-8) Shillingford88 : By the whiche yeatis full ungodely cariage, as suspecious men and wymmen have be ladde yn and oute.
2.
(a) Means of transportation; vehicles collectively, conveyance; also, horses, etc.; (b) a vehicle, a carrier; also fig.; (c) a ship or boat.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.391 : He forbeed alle men al manere cariage þat gooþ uppon wheles [L vehiculorum].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)332a/b : A wey is a space in þe whiche cariage may mete.
- (1421) Indent.Catterick in Archaeol.J.757 : And saides Nich', Will'am, John', And Rog' schall fynd cariage of all manere of free stane..to ye forsaide brigg'.
- (1428) Doc.in Sur.Soc.852 : John Lyllyng sent hym with hys awen cariage iijc & di. of landyren.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)79/32 : Sche had wyth hir many Knygtys..many gentylwomen, & mekyl good caryage.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2282 : Thay kaire to þe karyage and tuke whate them likes, Kamells and sekadrisses and cofirs full riche.
- (1442) RParl.5.44a : Hit be lefull to the makers..to have free entry and issue, with their Tymbre, cariage, and othir stuffe.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)35a : He moote also ordeyne for cariage to þe oost, or charyettis, cartis and waynes.
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)388/22 : Þe King leet make a brygge..þat man & horse & alle othir Carrage myȝt go to and fro.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)313 : Al her cariage was stole be the Frenschmen; So mote thei nedis go hom on fote.
- a1475 Bk.Courtesy (Sln 1986)375 : For cariage þe porter hors schalle hyre.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)52ba : Comande also that they take cariage [sense 2.(a)] of this londe of egypte for the cariage [sense 1.(a)] of their chyldren and wyues.
- a1500(?c1450) Florence (Cmb Ff.2.38:Vietor)164 : The caryage be hynde..Came wyth þe tresur ryght.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)144 : On the tother side come all the cariage of the londe, that brought vitaile.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)27a/b : Me schal nouȝt trowe þat þis spirit is in any resonable soule but more soþely þe char þer of and cariage [L vehiculum].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)76a/b : Mel..is as cariage or beryng [L vehiculum; *Ch.(2): a maner of chariot or berer] of defendyng wiþ it in som maner.
- (1444) RParl.5.115a : Achatours of the Duk of Gloucestr'..taken from day to day of the pouere Lieges of the Kyng..all maner of Vitaill and Cariages withoute any paiement.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)60b : First þan schul horsmen ben set..þan þe lettinges, as summers and bereres of wode and tymber and waynes & cartus, and oþer cariages.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)89a : Ȝif eny cariage stombliþ þeronne hit stikiþ fast or ouerþroweþ.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)52bb : His sones toke .. their children and wyues & sette them on the caryages that pharao had sente to brynge hym and all that he had in .. the londe of Canaan.
c
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)4666 : To a hauen of þe se, Whare þe next passage In to Irlande with cariage þat time was wonte to be.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)5176 : To Eland es þair passage On fote and als with caryage Be þe se flode.
3.
(a) A burden, weight; a load; (b) baggage, supplies, equipment; esp., the baggage of an army (with or without the horses, wagons, etc.).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)275a/a : Cameles beþ..y-ordeyned to bere charge and cariage [L pondera] of men.
- (1446) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 483 : It. viij caryages was be hote, of the wheche cam that daye but iiij.
- (1448) Shillingford69 : Somme [documents] restyth at Excetre, for grete cariage and nought yet encerched.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5412 : He tomly hom told..of the cariage of corne comyn by ship.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)273/7 : Þen come þer a cart wyth caryge.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)243 : Thei abide the grete carriage of vitaile.
- ?a1500(?1458) Off alle Werkys (Inscr)p.41 : Cartis with cariage may goo and come clere.
b
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2355 : They..Knylles in the capatoylle and comowns assembles..Bekende them the caryage, kystis and oþer.
- c1450(?c1400) 3 KCol.(1) (Cmb Ee.4.32)40/2 : Euery kyng bi hym-self had with hym his cariage, þat is to seye, beestys, as oxen and schepe and oþer beestis þat longeþ to mannys lyvyng and sustynaunce.
- c1450 Lond.Chron.Cleo.(Cleo C.4)144 : Sir Thomas Keryell had won the Dukys cariage.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)886 : His estimatioun & gouernaunce..is to se..wher the tabernaculys shal be..And cariage [L inpedimentis] of al the legioun.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)380/7 : Whan kynge Mark and his barownes..behelde how yonge sir Trystrams departed with such a caryage to feyght for the ryght of Cornwayle..they wepte.
4.
(a) A feudal service, a tenant's duty to provide transportation for his lord's goods; also, a money commutation of this service; upon ~, by exercising a landlord's claim upon the tenant's horses and cart; used fig.; (b) any rent or tax; (c) a charge for hauling; cost of hauling or transporting.
Associated quotations
a
- [ ?a1325(1253) Liber Cust.Lond.in RS 12.2671 : Quieti sint de schiris, et hundredis, et omnibus placitis, querelis, theoloniis, passagiis, et carriagiis. ]
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1570 : Heere wynne I no thyng vpon cariage.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.175/3 : In erynges, cariages, Medesutes, Mowynges, and all other Seruages.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)665/7 : They sholde have and holde hit..vtterly quyte..of summage and cariage.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)670/16 : Of summage and cariage, of wardepeny and of Averpeny.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.752 : Of Coueitise comen thise harde lordshipes, thurgh whiche men ben distreyned by taylages, custumes, and cariages.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.4.79 : The fortunes and the richesses of the peple of the provinces ben harmed..by comune tributes or cariages [L publicis uectigalibus].
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.33 : I sawe þe contres..Be put in þraldom and in foule seruage, What be tribut and what be cariage [vr. tallage].
c
- (1425) Paston2.19 : This werk shal be strong..and drawe but litill cariage.
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)68 : The King giveth noe tolle at any mylle, but gevyth money for..carryage after the distaunce of every myle to the bake-house.
- a1500 Travel Instruc.(CotApp 8)278 : Who-so woll ride faste and with-oute hevy cariage, good were to fynde atte Brigges suche a scarceler..whiche will fayne ride with men for fyndyng of hym and his hors, wt-oute eny other wages.