hackney coach

a four-wheeled carriage having six seats and drawn by two horses.

Origin of hackney coach

First recorded in 1615–25

hackles, hackly, hackman, hackmatack, hackney, hackney coach, hackneyed, hacksaw, hacktivism, hacktivist, hackwork

I must go in a carriage: Madame Du Pont never pays any attention to a lady who comes on foot; a hackney-coach is terribly vulgar.

Rose Clark |Fanny Fern
Apartments had been secured for us at a boarding-house in Broadway, and a hackney-coach was in waiting at the wharf.

Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume I (of 2) |Harriet Martineau
Wardwell set up here the first hackney-coach stand in Boston.

Old Boston Taverns and Tavern Clubs |Samuel Adams Drake
They went that night, in a hackney-coach, to the play at Drury Lane.

Philip Winwood |Robert Neilson Stephens

They went there in a hackney-coach, for such a vehicle could contain them, with all the moveables which Paine possessed.

The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) |John Knowles