cabin
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cabin/ˈkabɪn/
▶noun
- 1 a private room or compartment on a ship.
- 2 the passenger compartment in an aircraft.
- 3 a small wooden shelter or house.
– origin ME: from OFr. cabane, from Provençal cabana, from late L. capanna, cavanna.
'cabin' also found in these Oxford entries:
cabana
- cabin boy
- cabin class
- cabin crew
- cabin cruiser
- cabinet
- cabin fever
- chalet
- coachroof
- companionway
- deckhouse
- gondola
- hatch
- Portakabin
- pressurize
- roll cage
- roundhouse
- safety cage
- shack
- shanty
- sole
- tonneau
- Uncle Tom
