hack chaise

English

Noun

hack chaise (plural hack chaises)

1. (historical) A hired open carriage, a form of taxi.
   • 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, The Keepsake 1833, One Peep was Enough, page 304:

     Two o’clock arrived, and with it a hack chaise: out of it stept, sure enough, a lady and gentleman.