What is "cabin"

Cabin \Cab"in\ (k[a^]b"[i^]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.

   A hunting cabin in the west.
   --E. Everett.

2. A small room; an inclosed place.

   So long in secret cabin there he held Her captive.
   --Spenser.

3. A room in ship for officers or passengers.

   Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship.

Cabin \Cab"in\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabined (-[i^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabining.] To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.

I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave.
--Shak.

Cabin \Cab"in\, v. t. To confine in, or as in, a cabin.

I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears.
--Shak.

mid-14c., from Old French cabane "hut, cabin," from Old Provençal cabana, from Late Latin capanna "hut" (source of Spanish cabana, Italian capanna), of doubtful origin. French cabine (18c.), Italian cabino are English loan-words. Meaning "room or partition of a vessel" (set aside for use of officers) is from late 14c. Cabin fever first recorded by 1918 in the "need to get out and about" sense; earlier (1820s) it was a term for typhus.

n. 1 (lb en US) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it. 2 (lb en informal) A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people. 3 A compartment on land, usually comprised of log. 4 A private room on a ship. 5 The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping. vb. 1 To place in a cabin. 2 (context obsolete English) To live in, or as if in, a cabin; to lodge.

1. n: small room on a ship or boat where people sleep

2. a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area

3. the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried

4. v : confine to a small space, such as a cabin

A cabin or berthing is an enclosed space generally on a ship or an aircraft. A cabin which protrudes above the level of a ship's deck may be referred to as a "deckhouse."

__NOTOC__ Cabin may refer to:

• Beach cabin, a small wooden hut on a beach
• Log cabin, a house built from logs
• Cottage, a small house
• Small, remote, mansion (Western Canada)
• Small, free-standing structures that serve as individual lodging spaces of a motel

Cabin (stylized as CABIN) is an American indie/ melodic rock band that formed in Louisville, Kentucky.

The cabin or cab of a truck is an enclosed space in a truck where the driver is seated. Modern long-haul trucks cabs usually feature air conditioning, heater, a good sound system, and ergonomic seats (often air-suspended).

A sleeper (or sleeper berth or bunk) is a compartment attached to the cab where the driver can rest while not driving, sometimes seen in semi-trailer trucks. They can range from a simple 2 to 4 foot (0.6 to 1.2 m) bunk to a 12 foot (3.7 m) apartment-on-wheels. There are a few possible cab configurations:

• Cab over engine (COE) or flat nose, where the driver is seated on top of the front axle and the engine. The front doors are typically in front of and above the front tires. This design is almost ubiquitous in Europe, where overall truck lengths are strictly regulated. They were common in the United States and Canada but such body style in heavy duty type trucks lost prominence, when the legally permitted length was extended in the early 1980s. Nevertheless, COE's are still popular among medium and light duty trucks in the United States. To access the engine, the whole cab tilts forward, earning this design the name of tilt-cab. This type of cab is especially suited to the delivery conditions in Europe where many roads follow the layout of much more ancient path and trackways which require the additional turning capability of the cab over engine type. The operating conditions of these vehicles tend to be cooler than the conventional cab design and so the increased engine surface area used for cooling in hotter climates is not required. Access to a COE cab is commonly by steps forward of the front tires.
• Conventional cabs are the most common in North America and Australia. The driver is seated behind the engine, as in most passenger cars or pickup trucks. Conventionals are further divided into large car and aerodynamic designs. A "large car" or "long nose" is a conventional truck with a long (6 to 8 foot (1.8 to 2.4 m) or more) hood. With their very square shapes, these trucks experience a lot of wind resistance and typically consume more fuel. They also provide somewhat poorer visibility than their aerodynamic or COE counterparts. By contrast, Aerodynamic cabs are very streamlined, with a sloped hood and other features to lower drag. The front doors are behind (and mostly above) the front tires. Access to a conventional cabin is commonly by steps at or near the fuel tank(s) behind the front tires.
• Cab beside engine designs also exist, but are rather rare.
• Slang terms
  • Tiltin' Hilton or flying coffin - Cab-over with a sleeper berth.
  • Anteater - Specifically refers to the Kenworth T600, an aerodynamically-designed tractor whose nose resembles an anteater.
  • Large car - A conventional cab with a large square hood, such as the Freightliner Classic, Kenworth W900 or the Peterbilt 379.