cubiclen.
/ˈkjuːbɪk(ə)l/ 1. A bedchamber: in the general sense obsolete since the 16th cent., but re-introduced in modern use, esp. in English public schools, for one of the series of small separate sleeping chambers, which now often take the place of an undivided dormitory. Hence gen. any small partitioned space; spec. a carrel in a library.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > bedroom
clevec825
bedchamberc1390
wardrobea1400
kuchiez kotec1400
garderobe?c1450
cubicle1483
pallet chambera1535
bed-place1566
kitchen chamber1573
bedroom1600
cubiculoa1616
lodginga1616
lodging-room1615
bower1674
ruelle1676
lodging-chambera1684
common chamber1684
sleeping-room1699
hall-bedroom1738
berth1806
bunk-room1855
bed-house1881
cubicule1887
bedder1897
bed1926
sleeping-platform1935
roomette1937
single1963
maid-room1992
society > communication > book > library or collection of books > library, place, or institution > [noun] > private room in library for reader
carrel1919
cubicle1926
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > an enclosed space or place > compartment or chamber
chambera1398
cellulea1400
partition1465
traversea1500
cell1577
concameration1638
apartment1679
thecaa1680
partitionment1851
compartment1866
cube1937
cubicle1938
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 72/1 I was delyueryd of a chyld in my cubycle.
1494 R. Fabyan New Chron. Eng. ii. xl. 28 He called theym one by one..into his secrete cubicle or chambre.
a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. i. sig. a.ii I rose vp shortly, fro my cubycle preparat Aboute mydnyght.
1858 Sat. Rev. 6 Nov. 449/1 The dormitory was a large chamber divided into about a dozen cubicles, or small sleeping apartments, by wooden partitions and doors which rose within a few feet of the ceiling.
1926 Bull. Amer. Libr. Assoc. Oct. 297 Seminars, cubicles, and private studies will be provided for..advanced students, and visiting scholars.
1938 K. M. B. Cross Mod. Public Baths 61 Dressing cubicles are not required in these changing rooms, where their use is confined to children.
1960 H. Littlewood Learning to Swim ii. 19 Go to your cubicle or the changing room and make sure that you dry yourself thoroughly.
1961 T. Landau Encycl. Librarianship (ed. 2) 69/1 Carrel... Also called cubicle or stall.
1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio 246 Control cubicle, the soundproof room equipped with control desk.
1963 Times 22 Apr. 2/6 No one seems to know whether cubicles originated in England or America, and the cows don't care, because cubicles are the last word in cow comfort... Some of the cleanest cows to be seen these days..are those in cubicle installations.
1971 Hampshire Gaz. (Northampton, Mass.) 19 Feb. 9/4 It adorns the cubicle next to the one marked ‘Men’.
2. Electrical Engineering. A chamber or compartment to hold a switch-gear apparatus.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > short-circuit > [noun] > connection or disconnection > apparatus for > container for
cubicle1911
1911 J. F. C. Snell Power House Design 347 The oil~break switches are contained within glazed brick cubicles.
1911 J. F. C. Snell Power House Design 349 The operating gallery and cubicle gallery in the Bahia Blanca power house.
1927 Daily Tel. 14 Mar. 4 Switch-gear cells and cubicles constructed of moulded stone.
1930 Engineering 25 Apr. 557/1 The struggle between cubicle and armour-clad [switch] gear is still going on.
1968 F. Kertesz Lang. Nucl. Sci. (Oak Ridge Nat. Lab. TM 2367) 18 Cubicle referred to the power supply and control center of an individual calutron.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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