Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Cab

Cab (kab) , noun

[Abbrev. from 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 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.

Collocations (1)
Hansom cab , See Hansom.
2.
The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station. — Knight

Cab (kab) , noun

[Hebrew qab, from qābab to hollow.]

A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints. — W. H. Ward