Cab

in statutory language, “a hackney carriage drawn by one horse.” Abbreviated from the French CABRIOLET ; originally meaning “a light low chaise.” The wags of Paris playing upon the word (quasi cabri au lait) used to call a superior turn-out of the kind a cabri au crême . Our abbreviation, which certainly smacks of slang, has been stamped with the authority of the Legislature, and has been honoured by universal custom.