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Definition of Cabin

1. Verb. Confine to a small space, such as a cabin.

2. Noun. Small room on a ship or boat where people sleep.

3. Noun. A small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area.

4. Noun. The enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried.

Definition of Cabin

1. n. A cottage or small house; a hut.

2. v. i. To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.

3. v. t. To confine in, or as in, a cabin.

Definition of Cabin

1. Noun. (American English) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it. ¹

2. Noun. (informal) A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people. ¹

3. Noun. A compartment on land, usually comprised of logs. ¹

4. Noun. A private room on a ship. ¹

5. Noun. The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping. ¹

6. Noun. The passenger area of an airplane. ¹

7. Noun. (rail transport informal) a signal box ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cabin

1. to live in a cabin (a roughly built house) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cabin

caber cabergoline cabernet cabernets cabers cabestro cabestros cabezon cabezone cabezones

cabezons cabiai cabiais cabildo cabildos cabin (current term) cabin-boy cabin-cruiser cabin boy cabin boys

cabin car cabin crew cabin cruiser cabin fever cabin liner cabined cabinet cabinet maker cabinet making cabinet minister

Literary usage of Cabin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"Nothing was dearer to the heart of the American people than the log-cabin. That humble abode, with its puncheon floor, its mud-smeared sides, ..."

2. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"Because of this Harrison was promptly dubbed " The Log cabin and Hard Cider candidate," an old granny, a deserving old gentleman, doubtless, ..."

3. On the Trail of the Immigrant by Edward Alfred Steiner (1906)
"XXIV IN THE SECOND cabin IF the man who said, " Give me neither poverty nor riches " had been a modern globe trotter he might have added: " And when I cross ..."

4. On the Trail of the Immigrant by Edward Alfred Steiner (1906)
"XXIV IN THE SECOND cabin IF the man who said, " Give me neither poverty nor riches " had been a modern globe trotter he might have added : " And when I ..."

5. Maryland Historical Magazine by Maryland Historical Society (1921)
"The second cabin did indeed lie two miles beyond where the road intersected a branch of Winters Run. If this branch is the next branch to the ..."

6. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"Saloon from 80 dollars ; second cabin from 55 dollars. ... Fares (New York to London from 95 dollars, second cabin from 543/4 dollars) vary greatly ..."

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