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.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Cabin \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)