- cabin⇄cabin, noun, verb.
- cabin⇄noun 1a. a small, roughly built house; hut.
Ex. The settlers lived in a cabin in the woods.
(SYN) shanty, shack.
b. a small house built for some special purpose; cottage.
Ex. a summer cabin, a tourist cabin.
2a. a private - cabin⇄v.i. to live in or as if in a cabin.
Ex. Bands of Indians cabined along the borders of the cove (Francis Parkman). - cabin⇄v.t. 1. to confine within narrow limits; cramp; hamper.
Ex. The fact that so many lives have become cabined and confined explains in a measure, I think, the tremendous growth of amateur participation in the arts (New York Times).
2. to lodge