Hackney-coach
1hackney coach — noun a carriage for hire • Syn: ↑hackney, ↑hackney carriage • Hypernyms: ↑carriage, ↑equipage, ↑rig • Hyponyms: ↑four wheeler, ↑remi …
2hackney coach — hack′ney coach n. 1) trs hackney 1) 2) trs a four wheeled carriage having six seats and drawn by two horses • Etymology: 1615–25 …
3hackney coach — 1. hackney (def. 1). 2. a four wheeled carriage having six seats and drawn by two horses. [1615 25] * * * …
4hackney-coach — n. Hackney …
5hackney coach — noun Date: 1619 a coach kept for hire; especially a four wheeled carriage drawn by two horses and having seats for six persons …
6hackney-coach — /ˈhækni koʊtʃ/ (say haknee kohch) noun a four wheeled carriage, drawn by two horses, having six seats and kept for hire …
7hackney-coach — …
8hackney cab — hackney cab, hackney carriage or hackney coach noun 1. Formerly, any horse drawn vehicle serving as a taxi 2. (only hackney carriage) the official term used to describe a usu black London style taxi • • • Main Entry: ↑hackney …
9Hackney [2] — Hackney (Hackney coach [spr. Hakkni Kohtsch], vom englischen hackney, d.i. zur Miethe dienend), englische Miethkutsche, Fiacre …
10Hackney — Hack ney ( n[y^]), n.; pl. {Hackneys} ( n[i^]z). [OE. hakeney, hakenay; cf. F. haguen[ e]e a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haquen[ e]e, Sp. hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF. haque horse, Sp. haca, OSp. faca; perh. akin to E.… …
