Carriageable
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Capable of being conveyed in carriages.
"Other cities, indeed, contain more works of carriageable art, but none contain so much of the glorious local art, and of the springs and sources of art, which can by no means be made subjects of package or porterage, nor, I grieve to say, of salvage."
- 2 Passable by carriages.
"Except, however, between the lower Shire and Blantyre-Zomba, one is not encouraged to spend hundreds of pounds on the making of a carriageable road, because of the presence, in various tracts, of the tsetse fly, […]"
Example
More examples"Other cities, indeed, contain more works of carriageable art, but none contain so much of the glorious local art, and of the springs and sources of art, which can by no means be made subjects of package or porterage, nor, I grieve to say, of salvage."
Etymology
From carriage + -able.
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