Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hansom"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hansom
n : a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's
seat above and behind the passengers [syn: {hansom cab}]
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