cabin

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cab·in / ˈkabən/ • n. 1. a private room or compartment on a ship. ∎ the area for passengers in an aircraft. 2. a small shelter or house, made of wood and situated in a wild or remote area.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

cabin

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cabin.
1. Small, single-roomed primitive dwelling.

2. Contrived rustic retreat in a Picturesque landscape, often ornamental, but much simpler than a cottage orné.

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture JAMES STEVENS CURL

cabin

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cabin cabin fever lassitude, irritability, and similar symptoms resulting from long confinement or isolation indoors during the winter (originally and chiefly in North America).

See also log cabin.

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ELIZABETH KNOWLES

cabin

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cabin †hut, tent; †cell; †cave, den; compartment in a ship XIV; rude habitation XV; †political cabinet (only XVII). ME. cabane, ult. (perh. via (O)F. cabane — Pr. cabana) — late L. capanna, cavanna; spellings with -in appear XVI.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD