cab¹ /kab/

1. A taxi-cab
2. A compartment for the driver or operator of a lorry, railway locomotive, crane, etc
3. A light, usu two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage for public hire (historical). See also hansom

To take or drive a taxi-cab

cabbˈy or cabbˈie noun

A familiar dimin of cabˈ-driver a taxi driver, or of cabˈman a person who drives a horse-drawn cab

cabˈ-rank or cabˈ-stand noun

A place where cabs stand for hire

cabˈ-rank principle or cabˈ-rank rule noun (informal; law)

A rule requiring barristers to take the first case offered to them, regardless of their opinion of it

cabˈ-runner or cabˈ-tout noun

A person whose business it is to call cabs

cab² /kab/

An ancient Hebrew measure of capacity equal to approx 1.6 litres (about three pints)

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