hansom

hansom

a two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver’s seat at the back: We went for a ride through Central Park in a hansom cab.
Not to be confused with:handsome – pleasing and dignified: a handsome gentleman; bounteous, liberal: a handsome reward

han·som

H0046600 (hăn′səm)n. A two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passenger compartment. Also called hansom cab.

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[After Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803-1882), British architect.]

hansom

(ˈhænsəm) n (Automotive Engineering) (sometimes capital) 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 [C19: short for hansom cab, named after its designer J. A. Hansom (1803–82)]

han•som

(ˈhæn səm)

n. 1. a two-wheeled, covered vehicle drawn by one horse, for two passengers, with the driver mounted on an elevated seat behind and the reins running over the roof. 2. any similar horse-drawn vehicle. Also called han′som cab′. [1850–55; after J. A. Hansom (1803–82), English architect who designed it]

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hansom - a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengershansom cabcarriage, equipage, rig - a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses

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