cabin

5 definitions found

cabin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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           I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave.     --Shak.
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  Cabin \Cab"in\, v. t.
     To confine in, or as in, a cabin.
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           I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
           To saucy doubts and fears.               --Shak.
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  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.
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              A hunting cabin in the west.          --E. Everett.
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     2. A small room; an inclosed place.
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              So long in secret cabin there he held
              Her captive.                          --Spenser.
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     3. A room in ship for officers or passengers.
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     Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and
        passengers in the cabin of a ship.
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cabin - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cabin
      n 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
      v 1: confine to a small space, such as a cabin

cabin - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "cabin":
     berth, blockhouse, box, bungalow, chalet, compartment, cot, cote,
     cottage, cuddy, deckhouse, house, hut, lodge, log cabin, love nest,
     pied-a-terre, saloon, shack, shanty, shelter cabin, snuggery,
     stateroom