Cab (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.]
1.
A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle.
"A
cab came clattering up."
Thackeray.
⇒ A cab may have two seats at right to the driver's seat, and a door behind; or one seat parallel to the driver's, with the entrance from the side or front.
Hansom cab. See Hansom.
2.
The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station.
Knight.
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Cab (?), n. [Heb. gab, fr. qabab to hollow.]
A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints.
W. H. Ward. 2 Kings vi. 25.
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