[f. FORE- pref. + CARRIAGE.] † a. Carriage forward or out from home; opp. to back-carriage. b. The front part of the framework of a carriage, esp. the front axle and fore-wheels.

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1549.  Privy Council Acts (1890), II. 349. Shod wheles for fore cariages, iij payre.

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1677.  Yarranton, Eng. Improv., 118. All things would be fitted for fore and back carriage.

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1892.  Melbourne Age, 31 Dec., 10/2. Waggonette for Sale, English forecarriage.

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