carriage trade

noun

: trade from well-to-do or upper-class people

also : well-to-do people

Examples of carriage trade in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Both industrialized what had previously been cottage industries—in Ford’s case, the artisanal carriage trade; in Seabrook’s, market gardening. — John Seabrook june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025

Once the sale of the North Avenue Market complex was official a few weeks ago, a new arts partnership began envisioning a future for this 1928 landmark where Baltimore’s carriage trade once did their food shopping. — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2024

Responding to the needs of the modern carriage trade, who were by then traveling by means other than horse, the company began focusing on artisanal leather goods in 1921. — Vogue, 24 Nov. 2021

As the carriage trade swaps horses for horsepower, Gucci shifts focus from saddlery to luxury goods, marking the modern incarnation of the company. — Vogue, 24 Nov. 2021

Vienna was a center of Europe’s cosmopolitan carriage trade at the turn of the last century, and the 7th district around Bernardgasse housed skilled craftsmen catering to a patrician circle. — Sarah Medford, WSJ, 29 May 2018

And over the years, several have come from the carriage trade, including the one in New York City. — Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 9 Sep. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for carriage trade

• anterograde
• accolade
• ambuscade
• antegrade
• balustrade
• barricade
• cannonade
• cavalcade
• centigrade
• chambermaid
• colonnade
• countertrade