NOUN (3)

1. 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;


VERB (1)

1. confine to a small space, such as a cabin;

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cabin \Cab"in\, v. t.
   To confine in, or as in, a cabin.
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         I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
         To saucy doubts and fears.               --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            A hunting cabin in the west.          --E. Everett.
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   2. A small room; an inclosed place.
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            So long in secret cabin there he held
            Her captive.                          --Spenser.
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   3. A room in ship for officers or passengers.
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   Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and
      passengers in the cabin of a ship.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave.     --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cabin
    n 1: 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
    v 1: confine to a small space, such as a cabin

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "cabin":
   berth, blockhouse, box, bungalow, chalet, compartment, cot, cote,
   cottage, cuddy, deckhouse, house, hut, lodge, log cabin, love nest,
   pied-a-terre, saloon, shack, shanty, shelter cabin, snuggery,
   stateroom