cabbin
cabbin is the obsolete spelling of cabin.
Meaning of cabin
Noun
cabin (plural cabins)
- 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.
- Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin.
- A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.
- A private room on a ship.
- the captain’s cabin
- The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.
- Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- The passenger area of an airplane.
- The section of a passenger plane having the same class of service.
Forms of cabbin
| plural | cabbins |
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Questions about cabbin
- What is cabbin the obsolete spelling of?
- Cabbin is the obsolete spelling of cabin.
Words near cabbin in the dictionary
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