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Webster 1913 Edition

Cabin

Cab′in

(kăb′ĭn)
,
Noun.
[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

Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cabined
(-ĭnd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Cabining
.]
To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.
I’ll make you . . .
cabin
in a cave.
Shakespeare

Cab′in

,
Verb.
T.
To confine in, or as in, a cabin.
I am
cabined
, cribbed, confined, bound in
To saucy doubts and fears.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Cabin

CABIN

, n.
1.
A small room; an inclosed place.
2.
A cottage; a hut, or small house.
3.
A tent; a shed; any covered place for a temporary residence.
4.
An apartment in a ship for officers and passengers. In large ships there are several cabins, the principal of which is occupied by the commander. In small vessels, there is one cabin in the stern for the accommodation of the officers and passengers. The bed-places in ships are also called cabins.

CABIN

,
Verb.
I.
To live in a cabin; to lodge.

CABIN

,
Verb.
T.
To confine in a cabin.

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