Definition of Cabin

Cab´in   Pronunciation: kăb´ĭn
n.1.A cottage or small house; a hut.
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.
v. i.1.To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.
[imp. & p. p. Cabined (-ĭnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabining.]
I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave.
- Shak.
v. t.1.To confine in, or as in, a cabin.
I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
To saucy doubts and fears.
- Shak.


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