# cabin

Pronunciation: say "KAB-in" /ˈkæbɪn/

## Noun

1. A small dwelling typical of the frontier, especially one built from logs with simple tools by the people who meant to live in it rather than by professional builders. *(US)*
   - Simple: A small house, often made from logs, that people built themselves to live in.
   - _On the frontier, each family raised its own cabin from felled timber._
   - _The trapper's cabin stood alone at the edge of the woods._
2. A chalet or lodge, especially a large one able to accommodate big groups of people. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A large lodge or country house where a big group of people can stay together.
   - _The reunion filled a sprawling cabin with three generations of the family._
   - _Their ski club booked a cabin that sleeps forty near the slopes._
3. The enclosed area of an airplane where passengers sit.
   - Simple: The inside part of a plane where passengers sit.
   - _Once the doors closed, the cabin grew quiet as the plane taxied._
   - _Smoke filled the cabin, and the crew began the emergency procedure._
4. A private room aboard a ship, used by a passenger or crew member.
   - Simple: A small private room on a ship where someone sleeps.
   - _The captain retired to his cabin after the long watch._
   - _Passengers booked cabins on the upper deck for the better view._
5. The enclosed interior of a boat, forming a small room used especially for sleeping.
   - Simple: The closed-in inside part of a boat that makes a small room for sleeping.
   - _Below the deck, the cabin offered just enough space for two berths._
   - _He ducked into the cabin and lit the small stove._
6. A small room or any enclosed, shut-in space.
   - Simple: A small closed-off room or space.
   - _A small cabin at the entrance housed the security monitor._
   - _Workers shelter in a heated cabin during their breaks._
7. The section of a passenger plane containing seats of a single class of service.
   - Simple: A part of a plane where all the seats are the same travel class.
   - _The crew served meals in the economy cabin after takeoff._
   - _First-class cabins offer lie-flat seats on long-haul flights._
10. A private office, especially one belonging to a professional such as a doctor, lawyer, or businessman. *(India)*
   - Simple: A private office used by a professional such as a doctor or lawyer.
   - _The manager reviewed the files alone in his cabin._
   - _Patients lined up outside the dentist's cabin all morning._
11. A small trackside building from which railroad signals and switches are operated. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A small building beside a railroad where signals are controlled.
   - _From the cabin, the operator pulled levers to change the signals._
   - _Old cabins along the line were replaced by a central control room._

## Verb

8. To restrict or limit the extent of something.
   - Simple: To keep something within narrow limits.
   - _The court sought to cabin the doctrine so it would not apply broadly._
   - _Lawmakers cabined the agency's authority to a narrow set of duties._
9. To put a person or thing into a cabin or other small space.
   - Simple: To put someone or something into a small, closed space.
   - _Officers had to cabin the prisoners in a single cramped hold._
   - _The shelter cabined dozens of evacuees in one small hall._

## Verb

12. To dwell in a cabin, or as though in one; to lodge. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To live or stay in a small hut or simple shelter.
   - _The soldiers cabined in rough huts along the frozen ridge._
   - _Wanderers cabin where they can, sheltering wherever night finds them._

## Origin

The word came into Middle English as caban or cabane from Old French cabane, which in turn came from Medieval Latin capanna ("a cabin"). It is a doublet of cabana and cabane.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cabin (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).