ˈhackney-ˈcarriage
[f. hackney n. 6 c + carriage.]
Any carriage or vehicle standing or publicly plying for hire.
| 1796 Mass. Acts & Laws (1896) 62 The said Selectmen are hereby authorized to grant licences for such number of Hackney Coaches & Carriages..as they shall judge proper. 1831 Act 1 & 2 Will. IV c. 22. §3 Every Hackney Carriage mentioned and described in the Schedule. 1838 Dickens O. Twist xlvi, Alighted from a hackney-carriage. 1847 Act 10 & 11 Vict. c. 89 §38 Every wheeled Carriage..used in standing or plying for Hire in any Street..and every Carriage standing upon any Street, public or private..having thereon any numbered Plate required by this..Act..shall be deemed to be a Hackney Carriage. |