Cabin (kăb&ibreve_;n), n. [OF. caban, fr. W. caban booth, cabin, dim. of cab cot, tent; or fr. F. cabane, cabine, LL. cabanna, perh. from the Celtic.] 1. A cottage or small house; a hut. Swift.
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A hunting cabin in the west. E. Everett.
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2. A small room; an inclosed place.
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So long in secret cabin there he held
Her captive. Spenser.
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3. A room in ship for officers or passengers.
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Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship.
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Cabin, v. t. To confine in, or as in, a cabin.
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I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
To saucy doubts and fears. Shak.
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