a two-wheeled one-horse carriage with a fixed hood. The driver sits on a high outside seat at the rear
Also called: hansom cab
Word origin
C19: short for hansom cab, named after its designer J. A. Hansom (1803–82)
Examples of 'hansom cab' in a sentence
hansom cab
In the street outside an aged hansom cab with an elderly horse was drawn up, with the driver sitting slumped over the reins.
Butler, Gwendoline COFFIN ON THE WATER
With an 'army of assistant reporters, stenographers and hansom cab men constantly at his call', he would ask them about their earnings, lives and hardships.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
And that if you want to read about fog and workhouses and hansom cabs then you'd best stay home.