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cab·in I. \ˈkabə̇n\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English cabane, from Middle French, from Old Provençal cabana, from Medieval Latin capanna 1. obsolete a. : a prison or convent cell b. : an individual study cubicle 2. a. : a small room on a ship providing private accommodations for one or a few persons — see cabin class b. : a compartment below deck for passengers or crew on a small boat c. : a closed airplane compartment for cargo, crew, or passengers 3. obsolete : a temporary shelter (as one made of boughs or a soldier's tent) or a structure of stakes with withes woven between them and a roof of thatch 4. : a small one-story low-roofed dwelling usually of plain construction: as a. : a 4-sided dwelling of logs built as a home by early settlers of No. America or by mountain folk b. : a similar structure serving as the home of the family of a servant or plantation hand in the South c. : a dwelling used during a vacation especially for hunting and fishing d. : a small typically one-room house suitable for overnight lodging for tourists; also : a unit in a block of apartments belonging to a motel < 10 cabins in each building > 5. a. : an interlocking or block station on a railroad b. chiefly Britain : cab III 3a c. Britain : cab III 3b(1) d. Britain : cab III 3b(2) e. : a passenger cage of an aerial tram f. : a glassed-in shelter on top of a lookout tower g. : the part of a passenger trailer used for living quarters 6. obsolete a. : cot, litter b. : bench 7. obsolete : a cabinet advisory to a sovereign 8. : a shelved container II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) intransitive verb : to live or lodge in a cabin or within narrow confines transitive verb : to lodge or confine in a cabin or within a narrow space or limits |