Definition of "cabin" []

• A small, roughly built house; a cottage. (noun)
• Nautical A room in a ship used as living quarters by an officer or passenger. (noun)
• Nautical An enclosed compartment in a boat that serves as a shelter or as living quarters. (noun)
• The enclosed space in an aircraft or spacecraft for the crew, passengers, or cargo. (noun)
• To confine or live in or as if in a small space or area. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Our California mountain cabin is near the village stables and, to this day, the only time Ninotchka springs into action is at the sight of a horse, any horse."
• "Just outside this cabin is a man probably dying from starvation."
• "Topped by a broad shingled asphalt roof and constructed from recovered timbers, the cabin is anchored by a Rumford fireplace that makes use of local stone."