Library / English Dictionary

HACKNEY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A compact breed of harness horse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hackney" is a kind of...):

harness horse (horse used for pulling vehicles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A carriage for hire

Synonyms:

hackney; hackney carriage; hackney coach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("hackney" is a kind of...):

carriage; equipage; rig (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hackney"):

four-wheeler (a hackney carriage with four wheels)

remise (an expensive or high-class hackney)

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