Cabin, subst., 1) small room, small inclosed place: let him (the boar) “keep his loathsome c.,” Ven. 637. “she bade good night that kept my rest away, and daff'd me to a c. hanged with care,” Pilgr. 183. “make me a willow c. at your gate,” Tw. I, 5, 287. Figuratively: “her eyes are fled into the deep dark --s of her head,” Ven. 1038.
2) apartment in a ship: Tp. I, 1, 15. 18 “(to c.).” Tp. I, 1, 15 I, 2, 197. Wint. III, 3, 24. R3 I, 4, 12. Hml. V, 2, 12. Ant. II, 7, 137.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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