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.