"cab" - meanings, definitions, synonyms, thesaurus and antonyms

\Cab\ (k[a^]b), 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.

Note: A cab may have two seats at right angles 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.

\Cab\ (k[a^]b), n. [Heb. qab, fr. q[=a]bab to hollow.]
A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37)
pints. --W. H. Ward. --2 Kings vi. 25.