hansom

• Cabriolet ou fiacre à deux roues, couvert, avec le siège du cocher placé en arrière et au-dessus des passagers.

A two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat positioned above and behind the passengers.

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   A two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers.

   Cabriolet à deux roues (hansom)

   • The detective stepped out of the hansom cab and paid the driver.
   • In Victorian London, hansoms were a common form of transport.
   • She hailed a hansom to take her to the theater.

   Synonymeshansom cab