About The Word Hackney
Learn about the word Hackney to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Hackney definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Hackney
| Hackney Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Hackney?
[n] a compact breed of harness horse
[n] a carriage for hire Synonyms | Synonyms for Hackney: hackney carriage | hackney coach Related Terms | Find terms related to Hackney: See Also | carriage | equipage | four-wheeler | harness horse | rig Hackney In Webster's Dictionary \Hack"ney\, n.; pl. {Hackneys}. [OE. haceney, hacenay;
cf. F. haquen['e]e a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also
haquen['e]e, Sp. hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF.
haque horse, Sp. haca, OSp. faca; perh akin to E. hack to
cut, and orig. meaning, a jolting horse. Cf. {Hack} a horse,
{Nag}.]
1. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. --Chaucer.
2. A horse or pony kept for hire.
3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
\Hack"ney\, a. Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. ``Hackney tongue.'' --Roscommon. \Hack"ney\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hackneyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hackneying}.] 1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation. Had I lavish of my presence been, So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men. --Shak. 2. To carry in a hackney coach. --Cowper. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Candlemas day ‐ feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple;…
- Creepy ‐ causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin; "a creepy…
- Queenfish ‐ silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California…
- Arabia ‐ a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically…
- Titlark ‐ small songbirds…
- Elder hand ‐ the card player on the…
- Austere ‐ practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something…
- Flamboyant tree ‐ tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red…
- Oral cancer ‐ malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth; most common in men over…
- Shiraz ‐ a city in central southwestern Iran; ruins of ancient Persepolis…