Cabin

n. [O. Eng. caban, W. caban, booth, cabin, diminutive of cab, cot, tent, Ir. & Gael. caban, cabin, cottage, Fr. cabane, Pr. & Pg. cabana, Sp. cabaña, It. capanna, hut, cottage, Fr. cabine, cabin.]

1Sense 1. A small room; an inclosed place.

Long in secret cabin there he held Her captive. — Spenser.

2Sense 2. A cottage; a hut or small house. — Swift.

3Sense 3. Any covered place for a temporary residence; a tent; a shed. “A hunting cabin in the west.” — E. Everett.

4Sense 4. (Naut.) An apartment in a ship for officers or passengers.

[imp. & p. p. CABINED; p. pr. & vb. n. CABINING.] To live in a cabin; to lodge. Shak.