'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]