資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
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.
{Hansom cab}. See {Hansom}.
2. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer
has his station. --Knight.
Hansom \Han"som\, n., Hansom cab \Han"som cab`\ [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.
He hailed a cruising hansom . . . `` 'Tis the gondola
of London,'' said Lothair. --Beaconsfield.
資料來源 : WordNet®
hansom cab
n : a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's
seat above and behind the passengers [syn: {hansom}]