cabin

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A small, simple house, often made of wood and in the countryside.

   We spent the weekend in a log cabin in the mountains.

2. 2
   noun

   A private room on a ship for sleeping.

   Our cabin on the ship had two small beds.

3. 3
   noun

   The part of a plane where the passengers sit.

   The flight attendants walked through the cabin before takeoff.

From Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna (“a cabin”); see further etymology there. Doublet of cabana and cabane.

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