'Hansom cab' definitions:

Definition of 'hansom cab'

(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 cab'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Hansom cab'

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]