A cabriolet was a light, two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a folding 'calash' top, seating two persons facing forwards, one of whom was the driver. The design was developed in France in the early 19th century, the vehicle quickly replaced the heavier hackney carriage as the vehicle for hire of choice in Paris and London. The 'cab' of taxi-cab is a shortening of "cabriolet" following the usage found in "Hansom cab". The Hansom is a cabriolet with the cabman driving from a high seat at the rear. A barouche was a fashionable type of horse-drawn carriage in the 19th century. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the United Kingdom, the name hackney carriage refers to a taxicab licensed by the Public Carriage Office in London (for the area within the M25 motorway) or by the local authority (non-metropolitan district councils or unitary authorities) in other parts of England, Wales, and Scotland, or by the... A vehicle for hire is a vehicle providing public transportation, which transports one or more passengers between locations of the passengers choice. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Taxicab, short forms taxi or cab, is a type of public transport for a single passenger, or small group of passengers, typically for a non-shared ride. ... The word cab has a number of meanings, most of which are abbreviations: A cabriolet is kind of a light, horse-drawn carriage which replaced the heavier hackney carriage in the 19th century as the vehicle for hire of choice in Paris and London, and was the forerunner of the... A Hansom cab adding character to the filming of a costume drama. ...

Nowadays, a cabriolet (or cabrio) is a car body style that has a removable or retracting roof and rear window, known in America more commonly as "convertible". Soft tops are usually made of vinyl or canvas, and folding plastic rear windows are common. Owing to the issue of body flex, cabriolets almost always have only two doors. Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ... Saab 900 Convertible 1962 Rambler American 1981 AMC Eagle 4-WD convertible Convertible can also refer to a convertible security A convertible (sometimes called cabriolet in British English) is a car body style with a folding or retracting roof (aka soft top or top in USA, hood in UK). ... Chemical structure of the vinyl functional group. ... Look up Canvas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Body flex is a lack of rigidity in a motor vehicles chassis. ...

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• Cabriole
• Carriage
• Cart
• Convertible
• Taxicab