Cab"in v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Cabined (-ĭnd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Cabining.] To live in, or as in, a
cabin; to lodge.
I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave.
Shak.
Cab"in, v. t. To confine in,
or as in, a cabin.
I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound
in
To saucy doubts and fears.
Shak.
Cab"in (kăb"ĭn), 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.
A hunting cabin in the west.
E. Everett.
2. A small room; an inclosed
place.
So long in secret cabin there he held
Her captive.
Spenser.
3. A room in ship for officers or
passengers.
Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is to wait
on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship.