Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Hansom
Han′som (hăn′sŭm), n., Han′som cab′ (kăb′). [From the name of the inventor.] A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top.
He hailed a cruising hansom . . . " 'Tis the gondola of London," said Lothair. Beaconsfield.