CABIN

I. noun Etymology: Middle English cabane, from Middle French, from Old Occitan cabana hut, from Medieval Latin capanna Date: 14th century 1. a. a private room on a ship or boat, a compartment below deck on a boat used for living accommodations, the passenger or cargo compartment of a vehicle (as an airplane or automobile), the crew compartment of an exploratory vehicle (as a spacecraft), a small one-story dwelling usually of simple construction, cab 3, II. verb Date: 1586 intransitive verb to live in or as if in a ~, transitive verb confine , restrain