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.
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He hailed a cruising hansom . . .
“ 'Tis the gondola
of London,” said Lothair. --Beaconsfield.
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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.
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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.
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Hansom cab. See
Hansom.
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2. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer
has his station. --Knight.
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