hackney
pronunciation
How to pronounce hackney in British English:
UK ['hæknɪ]
How to pronounce hackney in American English:
US ['hæknɪ]
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- Noun:
- a carriage for hire
- a compact breed of harness horse
Word Origin
- hackney (n.)
- "small saddle horse let out for hire," c. 1300, from place name Hackney (late 12c.), Old English Hacan ieg "Haca's Isle" (or possibly "Hook Island"), the "isle" element here meaning dry land in a marsh. Now well within London, it once was pastoral and horses apparently were kept there. Hence the use for riding horses, with subsequent deterioration of sense (see hack (n.2)). Old French haquenée "ambling nag" is an English loan-word.
Example
- 1. I started my journey at the overground station hackney wick .
- 2. I live in hackney , a london borough where crime is high and the schools are poor .
- 3. His principal object must be to discover the number of the hackney coach which took them from clapham .
- 4. In hackney , by contrast , more people are both working and staying .
- 5. But with the olympics in 2012 , smart buyers are looking east to the borough of hackney and the construction going on from stratford to leyton .