单词 | hackney cab |
释义 | hackney cabn. Originally and chiefly British. A horse-drawn or motor-driven taxicab. In later use spec. a type of automotive taxi, originally and usually (but now not always) black, which may be hailed in the street and can accommodate up to five passengers in the rear, separated from the driver's seat by a partition. Cf. black cab n. at black adj. and n. Compounds 1e(a).This type of cab is also commonly known as a London taxi. 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 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > taxi > types of taxi hackney cab1832 black taxi1911 Jixi1926 shared taxi1937 share-taxi1943 sherut1950 dolmus1957 taxi1958 gypsy cab1960 minicab1960 Gypsy1968 okada1993 boda boda1995 1832 Old England 17 June 6/1 Madame Brugnoli..while taking an airing the other day in—how shall we descend to the bathos—a hackney cab! was thrown out and had her arm broken. 1880 Evening Tel. 5 Oct. A cabdriver..charged with failing to exercise caution while driving a horse yoked to a hackney cab. 1939 T. Scudder Jane Welsh Carlyle 190 Soon the hackney cab which he had summoned deposited them in front of Janet's home. 1988 Advertiser (Adelaide, Austral.) (Nexis) 15 Oct. Long before the streets were paved and watered, the capital had the Hackney Carriage, which later became the Hackney Cab and is now the London taxi. 2006 G. G. D. Murray Room 43 125 The three tourists piled into the back of the Hackney cab and they set off for home. Compounds General attributive and objective, as hackney cab driver, hackney cab licence, etc. ΚΠ 1833 Times 11 Feb. 1/3 This sale is well worth the attention of coach and omnibus proprietors.., hackney cab owners, and others requiring..fast horses. 1835 Morning Post (London) 13 Mar. 7/4 A hackney cab driver, named Baker, was summoned for having, by negligent driving, damaged the carriage of Lord Brudenell. 1853 Morning Post (London) 28 July 5/5 The hackney cab proprietors were not really a unified trade. 1945 Alton (Illinois) Evening Tel. 1 Mar. 1/1 A limit of 25 cents per person for hackney cab fare anywhere within the city. 1999 Taxi Talk Oct. (Northern ed.) 25/2 The Wirral cab trade has been granted space for a hackney cab stand outside the main entrance of the hospital. 2012 Evening Chron. (Newcastle, Eng.) 7 Nov. 15 The council confirmed his hackney cab licence had been revoked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832 |
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