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A cab rank (in British English) or taxicab stand (in American English) is an area where taxicabs queue to await passengers.
Cab rank may also refer to:
- Bank (in Cockney rhyming slang)
- A flying reserve of fighter-bomber aircraft that can be called in to provide close air support (the term cab rank was used by the RAF during World War II)
- Cab-rank rule, the obligation in English law of a barrister to accept any work in a field in which he professes himself competent, at a court at which he normally appears and at his usual rates
Usage examples of "cab rank".
At the Empire State Building, he parked in a cab rank and got a hand truck.
During the cab rank changes, there was sometimes a brief window when radar cover was suspended.
The sergeant switched off his on-call light and headed out of the cab rank.
Outside the railroad station, at the head of the cab rank, Lana began to cry.
Because Auerbach wasn't up to carrying much, they rented a little cart to get all the luggage to the cab rank.
He stayed there, watching it taxi away, and only went out to the cab rank when the plane had actually taken off.
They finally found a cab rank near the Bank of England and hired the conveyance at the front of the line.
Michaelmas made his way through them, working his way towards Customs and the cab rank, feeling a sudden burst of autumn chill as someone opened a door.
He hastily dressed, strapped on his jingling belt of knives, fids, awls and other implements, ran downstairs, woke a vetturino at the hotel's cab rank and had himself galloped out to the park.