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A cabriolet is a light horse-drawn vehicle
Horse-drawn vehicle

Horse-drawn vehicles were once common worldwide, but they have mostly been replaced by automobiles and other forms of self-propelled transport....
, with two wheels and a single horse
Horse

The horse is a hoofed mammal, a subspecies of one of seven extant species of the family Equidae. The horse has evolution of the horse over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, odd-toed ungulate animal of today....
. The carriage
Carriage

A carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people, usually horse-drawn. It is especially designed for private passenger use and for comfort or elegance, though some are also used to transport goods....
 has a folding hood that can cover its two occupants, one of whom is the driver. It has a large rigid apron, gracefully upward-curving shafts, and usually a rear platform between the C springs for a groom. The design was developed in France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 in the early nineteenth century and quickly replaced the heavier hackney carriage
Hackney carriage

||-||-||}A hackney or hackney carriage is a carriage or automobile for hire. A livery carriage superior to the hackney was called a remise....
 as the vehicle for hire
Vehicle for hire

A vehicle for hire is a vehicle providing shared transportation, which transports one or more passengers between locations of the passengers' choice ....
 of choice in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 and London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
.

The "cab" of taxi
Taxicab

A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of public transport for a single passenger, or small group of passengers, typically for a non-shared ride....
-cab
Cab

The word cab has a number of meanings, most of which are abbreviations. "Cab" means Porche in German:In transport:* Cabriolet , a horse-drawn carriage...
 or "hansom cab
Hansom cab

A hansom cab is a kind of horse-drawn carriage designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom, an architect from York. The vehicle was developed and tested by Hansom in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England....
" is a shortening of "cabriolet". Other types of horse-drawn cab include:



One who drives a horse-drawn cab for hire is called a cabdriver or jehu.






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A cabriolet is a light horse-drawn vehicle
Horse-drawn vehicle

Horse-drawn vehicles were once common worldwide, but they have mostly been replaced by automobiles and other forms of self-propelled transport....
, with two wheels and a single horse
Horse

The horse is a hoofed mammal, a subspecies of one of seven extant species of the family Equidae. The horse has evolution of the horse over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, odd-toed ungulate animal of today....
. The carriage
Carriage

A carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people, usually horse-drawn. It is especially designed for private passenger use and for comfort or elegance, though some are also used to transport goods....
 has a folding hood that can cover its two occupants, one of whom is the driver. It has a large rigid apron, gracefully upward-curving shafts, and usually a rear platform between the C springs for a groom. The design was developed in France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 in the early nineteenth century and quickly replaced the heavier hackney carriage
Hackney carriage

||-||-||}A hackney or hackney carriage is a carriage or automobile for hire. A livery carriage superior to the hackney was called a remise....
 as the vehicle for hire
Vehicle for hire

A vehicle for hire is a vehicle providing shared transportation, which transports one or more passengers between locations of the passengers' choice ....
 of choice in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 and London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
.

The "cab" of taxi
Taxicab

A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of public transport for a single passenger, or small group of passengers, typically for a non-shared ride....
-cab
Cab

The word cab has a number of meanings, most of which are abbreviations. "Cab" means Porche in German:In transport:* Cabriolet , a horse-drawn carriage...
 or "hansom cab
Hansom cab

A hansom cab is a kind of horse-drawn carriage designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom, an architect from York. The vehicle was developed and tested by Hansom in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England....
" is a shortening of "cabriolet". Other types of horse-drawn cab include:

  • Araba
    Araba (carriage)

    An araba is a carriage , wagon or cart drawn by horses or oxen, used in Turkey and neighboring Middle Eastern countries. It is usually heavy and without springs, and often covered....
     or aroba: used in Turkey and neighboring countries
  • Araņa: Mexican, two-wheeled
  • Bounder: four-wheeled
  • Gharry
    Gharry

    A gharry or gharri is a horse-drawn Cabriolet used especially in India. A palkee gharry is shaped somewhat like a Litter . A gharry driver is a gharry-wallah....
     or gharri: used especially in India
  • Minibus: light carriage, usually with a rear door and seats for four passengers; formerly used as a cab
  • Two-wheeler: two-wheeled cab or hansom


One who drives a horse-drawn cab for hire is called a cabdriver or jehu. A cab horse or cabber is used for drawing a cab.

See also

  • Hansom cab
    Hansom cab

    A hansom cab is a kind of horse-drawn carriage designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom, an architect from York. The vehicle was developed and tested by Hansom in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England....
  • Cabriolet (automobile)