Note 11 — THE AXLE-TREES
Reading edition
Carriage, in the usual meaning of the word among Coachmakers, signifies the lower system, on which the Body containing the Passengers is suspended, and to which the Wheels are attached: though speaking generally of Coaches, Chariots, &c. they are properly called Carriages of such descriptions; but as the word Carriage will be frequently used in both senses, when it signifies the lower system only, it will be printed in Italics: when used in the general meaning of the word, in common letters.