HACKNEY CARRIAGE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A carriage for hire

Synonyms:

hackney; hackney carriage; hackney coach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("hackney carriage" is a kind of...):

carriage; equipage; rig (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hackney carriage"):

four-wheeler (a hackney carriage with four wheels)

remise (an expensive or high-class hackney)