hackney carriage

English

Noun

hackney carriage (plural hackney carriages)

1. (British, historical) A horse-drawn carriage for public hire.
2. (British) A black cab.
   • 2016 February 9, Trevor Merralls, “Uber is no better than an old-fashioned gangmaster – so London’s cabbies are striking”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     It is clear the Tory party is on an ideological crusade against my industry. Its interference in London’s recent private hire review shows just how far the government will go to deregulate the UK hackney carriage trade.