cabin

Noun · Verb

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
  2. a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area
  3. the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried

Verb (1)

  1. confine to a small space, such as a cabin
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Cabin \Cab"in\, v. t. To confine in, or as in, a cabin. [1913 Webster]

I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Cabin \Cab"in\ (k[a^]b"[i^]n), n. [OF. caban, fr. W. caban booth, cabin, dim. of cab cot, tent; or fr. F. cabane, cabine, LL. cabanna, perh. from the Celtic.]

1.A cottage or small house; a hut. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

A hunting cabin in the west.— E. Everett.[1913 Webster]

2.A small room; an inclosed place. [1913 Webster]

So long in secret cabin there he held Her captive.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

3.A room in ship for officers or passengers. [1913 Webster]

Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship. [1913 Webster]

Cabin \Cab"in\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabined (-[i^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabining.] To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge. [1913 Webster]

I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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