CABBED

Verb

cabbed

simple past tense and past participle of cab

Source: Wiktionary


CAB

Cab, n. Etym: [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 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, n. Etym: [Heb. gab, fr. qabab to hollow.]

Definition: A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints. W. H. Ward. 2 Kings vi. 25.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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