Found 2 items, similar to Hansom cab.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hansom cab hansom cab n : a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers [syn: hansom]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hansom cab Hansom \Han"som\ (h[a^]n"s[u^]m), n., Hansom cab \Han"som cab`\ (k[a^]b`). [From the name of the inventor.] A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top. [1913 Webster] He hailed a cruising hansom . . . “ 'Tis the gondola of London,” said Lothair. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster] Cab \Cab\ (k[a^]b), n. [Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.] 1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. “A cab came clattering up.” --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Note: A cab may have two seats at right angles to the driver's seat, and a door behind; or one seat parallel to the driver's, with the entrance from the side or front. [1913 Webster] Hansom cab. See Hansom. [1913 Webster] 2. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station. --Knight. [1913 Webster]