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  • Horse-drawn vehicle — Horse drawn vehicles were once common worldwide, but they have mostly been replaced by automobiles and other forms of self propelled transport.GeneralA two wheeled horse drawn vehicle is a cart (see various types below, both for carrying people… …   Wikipedia

  • horse-drawn — adj. Horse drawn is used with these nouns: ↑cab, ↑caravan, ↑carriage, ↑cart, ↑plough, ↑vehicle, ↑wagon …   Collocations dictionary

  • cab — cab1 /kab/, n., v., cabbed, cabbing. n. 1. a taxicab. 2. any of various horse drawn vehicles, as a hansom or brougham, esp. one for public hire. 3. the covered or enclosed part of a locomotive, truck, crane, etc., where the operator sits. 4. the… …   Universalium

  • cab — (n.) 1826, light, horse drawn carriage, shortening of cabriolet (1763), from Fr. cabriolet (18c.), dim. of cabrioler leap, caper (16c./17c.), from It. capriolare jump in the air, from L. capreolus wild goat, roebuck. The carriages had springy… …   Etymology dictionary

  • cab — ► NOUN 1) (also taxi cab) a taxi. 2) the driver s compartment in a truck, bus, or train. 3) historical a horse drawn vehicle for public hire. ORIGIN abbreviation of CABRIOLET(Cf. ↑cabriolet) …   English terms dictionary

  • cab — cab1 [kab] n. [< CABRIOLET] 1. a horse drawn carriage, esp. one for public hire 2. TAXICAB 3. the part of a locomotive, motor truck, crane, etc. in which the operator sits vi. cabbed, cabbing Informal …   English World dictionary

  • Horse and buggy — A horse and buggy (in American English) or horse and carriage (in British English) refers to a light, simple, two person carriage of the 19th and early 20th centuries, drawn usually by one or sometimes by two horses. Also called a roadster, it… …   Wikipedia

  • cab — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ taxi ▪ hackney (BrE), hansom ▪ horse drawn (BrE) VERB + CAB ▪ go by, take …   Collocations dictionary

  • Cab — The word cab has a number of meanings, most of which are abbreviations:In transport:* Cabriolet, a horse drawn carriage * Taxicab * Cabin (truck) * Cab (short for cabin), the driving compartment of a locomotive * Tractor unit part of an… …   Wikipedia

  • cab — [19] Cab is short for cabriolet, a term, borrowed from French, for a light horse drawn carriage. It comes, via the French verb cabrioler, from Italian capriolare ‘jump in the air’, a derivative of capriolo ‘roebuck’, from Latin capreolus, a… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • cab — I [[t]kæb[/t]] n. v. cabbed, cab•bing 1) a taxicab 2) trs a horse drawn vehicle for hire 3) trs the covered part of a locomotive, truck, etc., where the operator sits 4) to ride in a cab • Etymology: 1640–50; short for cabriolet II cab… …   From formal English to slang

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