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A cabriolet is a light horse-drawn vehicle, with two wheels and a single horse. The carriage has a folding hood that can cover its two occupants, one of whom is the driver. It has a large rigid apron, upward-curving shafts, and usually a rear platform between the C springs for a groom. The design was developed in France in the eighteenth century and quickly replaced the heavier hackney carriage as the vehicle for hire of choice in Paris and London. The ''cab'' of taxi-cab or "hansom cab" is a shortening of ''cabriolet''.〔"At about ten o'clock in the evening I drove with Mr Eastlake, in a cab (the usual name given here to a cabriolet), to the British Institution..." (Gustav Waagen, ''Works of Art and Artists in England'' vol. I (), extract in Frank Herrmann, ''The English as Collectors'' 1972, p. 227).〕 Other horse-drawn cabs include: *''Araba'' or ''aroba'': used in Turkey and neighboring countries *''Araña'': Mexican, two-wheeled *''Bounder'': four-wheeled *''Gharry'' or ''gharri'': used especially in India *''Kalesa'' or ''calesa'' (sometimes called a ''karitela''): used in the Philippines *''Dorożka in eastern Europe *''Minibus'': light carriage, usually with a rear door and seats for four passengers; formerly used as a cab *''Two-wheeler'': two-wheeled cab or hansom One who drives a horse-drawn cab for hire is a ''cabdriver''.〔(Cabdriver. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. )〕 ==See also== *Hansom cab *Cabriolet (automobile) * Types of carriages 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cabriolet (carriage)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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