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cabinet (1 common term in military writers of the 16th cent.; 2 cf. CABIN sb. 2)
1. tent Lucr. 442 “They, mustering to the quiet cabinet” [i.e. the heart].
2. bird's nest Ven. 854 “From his” [i.e. the lark's] “moist cabinet.”
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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