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.[1913 Webster]
A hunting cabin in the west.
2. A small room; an inclosed place.[1913 Webster]
So long in secret cabin there he heldHer captive.
3. A room in ship for officers or passengers.[1913 Webster]
Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship.[1913 Webster]
Cabin v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabined (-&ibreve_;nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabining.] To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.[1913 Webster]
I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave.
Cabin, v. t. To confine in, or as in, a cabin.[1913 Webster]
I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound inTo saucy doubts and fears.