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(kb"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. A hunting cabin in the west. E. Everett. 2. A small room; an inclosed place. So long in secret cabin there he held Her captive. Spenser. 3. A room in ship for officers or passengers. Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship. Cab"in v. i.[imp. & p. p.Cabined (-nd); p. pr. & vb. n.Cabining.] To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge. I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave. Shak. Cab"in v. t.To confine in, or as in, a cabin. I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears. Shak. スポンサード リンク
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