Căb'in-et1, n.
n. [Fr. cabinet, diminutive of cabine or cabane, Sp. gabinete, It. gabinetto. See CABIN.]
Sense 1. A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.
Sense 2. A private room in which consultations are held.
Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet. Prescott.
Sense 3. The select or secret council of a prince or executive government;—so called from the apartment in which it was originally held.
Sense 4. A piece of furniture, consisting of a chest or box, with drawers and doors; a private box.
Sense 5. Any close place, where things of value are deposited for safe keeping.
We can not discourse of the secret, but by describing our duty; but so much duty must needs open a cabinet of mysteries. Bp. Taylor.
Sense 6. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.]
Hearken a while, in thy green cabinet, The laurel song of careful Collinet. Spenser.
Cabinet-picture, a picture of a cabinet size, that is, of the size suitable for small apartments.