I. ˈkabə̇n noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English cabane, from Middle French, from Old Provençal cabana, from Medieval Latin capanna
1. obsolete
a. : a prison or convent cell
b. : an individual study cubicle
2.
a. : a small room on a ship providing private accommodations for one or a few persons — see cabin class
b. : a compartment below deck for passengers or crew on a small boat
c. : a closed airplane compartment for cargo, crew, or passengers
3. obsolete : a temporary shelter (as one made of boughs or a soldier's tent) or a structure of stakes with withes woven between them and a roof of thatch
4. : a small one-story low-roofed dwelling usually of plain construction: as
a. : a 4-sided dwelling of logs built as a home by early settlers of No. America or by mountain folk
b. : a similar structure serving as the home of the family of a servant or plantation hand in the South
c. : a dwelling used during a vacation especially for hunting and fishing
d. : a small typically one-room house suitable for overnight lodging for tourists ; also : a unit in a block of apartments belonging to a motel
10 cabins in each building
5.
a. : an interlocking or block station on a railroad
b. chiefly Britain : cab III 3a
c. Britain : cab III 3b(1)
d. Britain : cab III 3b(2)
e. : a passenger cage of an aerial tram
f. : a glassed-in shelter on top of a lookout tower
g. : the part of a passenger trailer used for living quarters
6. obsolete
a. : cot , litter
b. : bench
7. obsolete : a cabinet advisory to a sovereign
8. : a shelved container
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
intransitive verb
: to live or lodge in a cabin or within narrow confines
transitive verb
: to lodge or confine in a cabin or within a narrow space or limits