Definition of hackney Hackney

/hæˈkni/ - [haknee] - Hack•ney

We found 18 definitions of hackney from 5 different sources.

What does hackney mean?

Noun Plural: hackneys
hackney - a carriage for hire
		hackney carriage, hackney coach
		equipage, carriage, rig a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
		four-wheeler a hackney carriage with four wheels
hackney - a compact breed of harness horse

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hackney (n.)
A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.
hackney (n.)
A horse or pony kept for hire.
hackney (n.)
A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
hackney (n.)
A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
hackney (a.)
Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.
hackney (v. t.)
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.
hackney (v. t.)
To carry in a hackney coach.

hackney
hak′ni, n. a horse for general use, esp. for hire: (obs.) a person hired for any mean work.—v.t. to carry in a hackney-coach: to use much: to make commonplace.—adjs. Hack′ney, Hack′neyed, let out for hire: devoted to common use: much used.—ns. Hack′ney-coach, a coach let out for hire; Hack′ney-coach′man; Hack′neyman, one who keeps hackney horses. [O. Fr. haquenee, an ambling nag; further history unknown.]