A hackney carriage with either two or four wheels, drawn by one horse; a cabriolet. A cab came clattering up. Thackeray.With great difficulty Messrs. Bradshaw & Rotch (the latter a member of Parliament) obtained licences for eight cabriolets in 1823, and started them at fares one third lower than those of hackney coaches. The new vehicles were hooded chaises, drawn by one horse, and carrying only one passenger besides the driver, who sat in the cabriolet (or, as more commonly called for brevity, the cab) with his fare. … The name cab is still commonly applied to all hackney carriages drawn by one horse, whether on two or four wheels. Penny Cyc.
The hooded or covered part of a locomotive, which protects the engineer and fireman from the weather. [U. S.]
To pass over in a cab: as, to cab the distance: often used with an indefinite it: as, I'll cab it to Whitehall. [Colloq., Eng.]
Three times a week the cab has been at my door in London very punctually, and not unfrequently before seven in the morning.
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Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
The time sped past, and presently they told us that our cab was at the door, âNow don't make me think you are going to miss the train, old boys!â said Father Payne, raising himself up to shake hands.
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Father Payne
In the cab was a woman, half-collapsed from nervous exhaus - tion.
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His Last Bow
Since the cab was there after the rain began, and was not there at any time during the morning -- I have Gregson's word for that -- it follows that it must have been there during the night, and, therefore, that it brought those two individuals to the house. "
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A Study in Scarlet
I see that the cab is at the door.
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The Sign Of The Four