Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cabin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
A hunting cabin in the west. --E. Everett.
2. A small room; an inclosed place.
So long in secret cabin there he held Her captive.
--Spenser.
3. A room in ship for officers or passengers.
{Cabin boy}, a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and
passengers in the cabin of a ship.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cabin \Cab"in\, v. t.
To confine in, or as in, a cabin.
I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy
doubts and fears. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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 : confine to a small space, such as a cabin
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