COCKPIT


Meaning of COCKPIT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkäk-ˌpit ]

noun

Date: 1585

1.

a. : a pit or enclosure for cockfights

b. : a place noted for especially bloody, violent, or long-continued conflict

2. obsolete : the pit of a theater

3. : a compartment in a sailing warship used as quarters for junior officers and for treatment of the wounded in an engagement

4. : a space or compartment in a usually small vehicle (as a boat, airplane, or automobile) from which it is steered, piloted, or driven — see airplane illustration

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.