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- Hansom cab - Wikipedia
Hansom cabs enjoyed immense popularity as they were fast, light enough to be pulled by a single horse (making the journey cheaper than travelling in a larger four-wheel coach) and were agile enough to steer around horse-drawn vehicles in the notorious traffic jams of nineteenth-century London
- HANSOM Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of HANSOM is a light 2-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind —called also hansom cab
- Hansom cab | Victorian Era, Horse-Drawn, London | Britannica
Hansom cab, low, two-wheeled, closed carriage patented in 1834, whose distinctive feature was the elevated driver’s seat in the rear It was entered from the front through a folding door and had one seat above the axle with room for two passengers
- Handsome vs. Hansom: Whats the Difference? - Grammarly
Handsome is an adjective used to describe someone who is good-looking or something that is generously proportioned or impressive In contrast, hansom refers to a type of horse-drawn carriage popular in the 19th century, designed to carry two passengers and a driver
- HANSOM Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
HANSOM definition: a low-hung, two-wheeled, covered vehicle drawn by one horse, for two passengers, with the driver being mounted on an elevated seat behind and the reins running over the roof See examples of hansom used in a sentence
- The History and Legacy of the Hansom Cab: From U. S. Inception to . . .
Explore the origins, key manufacturers, and production of the iconic 19th-century hansom cab Discover how its unique design influenced urban transportation in major cities, including London, New York, and Paris
- HANSOM definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
In former times, a hansom or a hansom cab was a horse-drawn carriage with two wheels and a fixed hood Hansom cabs used to draw up outside the station entrance at this very spot Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
- hansom - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
The ghost of Selby stirred in him His thoughts slipped back to the day when he had stolen from his well-appointed office to a waiting hansom—there had still been a good many hansoms in those days—and driven quickly to the docks
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