'Hansom' definitions:
Definition of 'hansom'
(from WordNet)
noun
A two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers [syn: hansom, hansom cab]
Definition of 'Hansom'
From: GCIDE
- 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]