What does "cabin" mean?
Cabin: A small room; an inclosed place. So long in secret cabin there he held Her captive. Spenser.
Additional senses
- 2.A room in ship for officers or passengers. Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship.
- 3.To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge. I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave. Shak.
- 4.To confine in, or as in, a cabin. I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears. Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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