| 单词 | gurney cab |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGurney cab 1. In full Gurney cab. A two-wheeled horse-drawn cab of a type popular in America in the late 19th century, entered from the rear and fitted with lengthwise seating. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hackney carriage hackney coach1618 hell-cart1623 hackney1664 hack1692 fiacre1699 hackney carriage1735 dilly1805 street coach1818 jarvey1819 cab1822 hackney cab1832 gurney1884 cabriolet1907 1884 Hub 1 Feb. 707/2 The Gurney cab has the driver's-seat in front and the entrance is at the rear of the body. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Aug. 3/2 The hansom made its appearance in Chicago about a year ago, and threatened to cut out a less elegant vehicle known as a gurney. 1966 P. Tamony in Pacific Historian X. 19 As the San Francisco police patrol wagon developed from an open dray-type to a sided-and-roofed vehicle in the 1890s, with its entrance at the rear, and as the ambulance gift of Mr. Fair's daughters in 1894–1895 trotted to calls, it may be assumed that these vehicles were nicknamed after the rear-entrance Gurney Cab, then also a novelty. These are the transferred usages I heard as a boy. < as lemmas |
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