Definitions for: Cabin


[n] the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried
[n] small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
[n] a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area
[v] confine to a small space, such as a cabin



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


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.


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.

See Also: aircraft, ballistic capsule, compartment, confine, house, liner, log cabin, ocean liner, overhead, pressure cabin, space vehicle, spacecraft, stateroom

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