4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Cabin  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Cabin  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Cabin  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  cabin 
  n  1:  small  room  on  a  ship  or  boat  where  people  sleep 
  2:  a  small  house  built  of  wood;  usually  in  a  wooded  area 
  3:  the  enclosed  part  of  an  aircraft  of  spacecraft  where 
  passengers  are  carried 
  v  :  confine  to  a  small  space,  such  as  a  cabin 

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