cabin

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As the cabin was abandoned there would be no possible disadvantage to such an opening: and since the fire had to be built outside the cabin, against the backlogs, the door would have to be left open anyway, to admit the heat.

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  1. noun A small, roughly built house; a cottage.
  2. noun Nautical A room in a ship used as living quarters by an officer or passenger.
  3. noun Nautical An enclosed compartment in a boat that serves as a shelter or as living quarters.
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  • The cost for a cabin was an exorbitant one hundred and twenty-five dollars, which she was happy to inform Hunter when he tried to get her to turn back. —  Garwood, Julie - Prince Charming
  • Information on the program, instructions on how to apply, and a virtual reality tour of the cabin are available on the San Juan National Forest Web site at www. fs.fed.us / r2 / sanjuan / about. —  Durangoherald.com
  • To ensure that the air entering the cabin is as clean as possible, Volvo Cars has developed two systems: IAQS (Interior Air Quality System) and CZIP (Clean Zone Interior Package). —  Automotive Headlines
  • In upper trim guises, the cabin is arguably more posh than Lincoln's MKS.
  • Then another guy, from another cabin was asked to identify me.
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English caban, from Old French cabane, from Old Provençal cabana, from Late Latin capanna.

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  1. from Middle English caban, cabane, also assibilated chabane, a little house, a small room, especially in a ship, from Old French cabane, feminine (MF. also cabain, masculine), French cabane (also cabine after English cabin) = Provencal cabana = Spanish cabaña = Portuguese cabana = Italian capanna, from Middle Latin capanna, a cabin, prob. of Celtic origin: W. caban = Irish Gaelic caban, a cabin, booth, diminutive of (W.) cab, a booth, a hut.
  2. from cabin, n.
 

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/ˈkæbɪn/
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