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Etymology

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From cab +‎ -less.

Adjective

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cabless (not comparable)

  1. Without a cab (driver's compartment in a truck or train).
    a cabless booster locomotive
    • 1959 September, “Talking of Trains: U.S. trend to bigger diesels”, in Trains Illustrated, page 405:
      To a single unit equipped with cab and driving position one or more cabless units can be added as circumstances dictate, doubling or tripling the traction power available without the wasted weight of unnecessary cabs on the additional units.
  2. Without any taxicabs.
    a bleak, cabless city square

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