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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers;
[syn: hansom, hansom cab]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hansom cab n 1: a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers [syn: hansom, hansom cab]