C.A.B.

cab¹ «kab», noun, verb, cabbed, cab|bing.

–n.

1. an automobile that can be hired with driver; taxicab: »

My father telephoned for a cab to take him to the airport.

2. a) a carriage that can be hired with driver, usually pulled by one horse: »

We rode through the park in an open cab.

b) a hansom (cab).

3. the covered part of a railroad engine where the engineer and fireman sit: »

The engineer invited the boy to sit in the cab with him.

4. an enclosed seat on a truck, tractor, or other vehicle or machinery, where the driver or operator sits.

5. the glass-enclosed booth of a control tower at an airport.

–v.i.

to go by cab.

╂[short for cabriolet]

–cab´less, adjective.

cab² «kab», noun.

a Hebrew unit of dry measure, equal to about 2 quarts. Also, kab.

╂[< Hebrew qab]

cab³ «kab», verb, cabbed, cab|bing, noun. British Slang.

–v.t.

1. to pilfer.

2. to crib.

–n.

a literal translation, or crib.

╂[short for cabbage²]

CAB (no periods) or C.A.B.,

Civil Aeronautics Board.