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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Cabin

/(kăb"ĭn)/ · Cab·in · IPA /ˈkæbɪn/
01 n. A cottage or small house; a hut.
  1. 1.
    A cottage or small house; a hut.
    “A hunting cabin in the west.” — E. Everett.
  2. 2.
    A small room; an inclosed place.
    “So long in secret cabin there he held Her captive.” Spenser.
  3. 3.
    A room in ship for officers or passengers.
Phrases & compounds
Cabin boy — a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship.
02 v. i. To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.
imp. & p. p. Cabined; p. pr. & vb. n. Cabining
  1. 1.
    To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.
    “I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave.” Shak.
03 v. t. To confine in, or as in, a cabin.
  1. 1.
    To confine in, or as in, a cabin.
    “I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears.” Shak.