well-carriaged

When I heard her dismiss the footman, I stepped up to him and asked him, what little lady that was? and held a little chat with him about what a pretty child it was with her, and how genteel and well-carriaged the lady, the eldest, would be: how womanish, and how grave; and the fool of a fellow told me presently who she was; that she was Sir Thomas

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders Daniel Defoe 1696

We had a venison pasty, and other good plain and handsome dishes; the mistress of the house a pretty, well-carriaged woman, and a fine hand she hath; and her maid a pretty brown lass.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668

We had a venison pasty, and other good plain and handsome dishes; the mistress of the house a pretty, well-carriaged woman, and a fine hand she hath; and her maid a pretty brown lass.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 17: July/August 1662 Samuel Pepys 1668

We had a venison pasty, and other good plain and handsome dishes; the mistress of the house a pretty, well-carriaged woman, and a fine hand she hath; and her maid a pretty brown lass.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1662 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668

We had a venison pasty, and other good plain and handsome dishes; the mistress of the house a pretty, well-carriaged woman, and a fine hand she hath; and her maid a pretty brown lass.

The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jul/Aug 1662 Pepys, Samuel 1662

But how can one be certain that, as Burchfield writes, well-carriaged is a euphemism for having large breasts, let him do just what he pleased for succumb to a seducer, and so on?

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 3 1986