cabin

cabin
    n 1: small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
    2: a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area
    3: the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where
       passengers are carried
    v 1: confine to a small space, such as a cabin
    

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.
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         I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave.     --Shak.
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Cabin \Cab"in\, v. t.
   To confine in, or as in, a cabin.
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         I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
         To saucy doubts and fears.               --Shak.
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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.
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            A hunting cabin in the west.          --E. Everett.
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   2. A small room; an inclosed place.
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            So long in secret cabin there he held
            Her captive.                          --Spenser.
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   3. A room in ship for officers or passengers.
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   {Cabin boy}, a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and
      passengers in the cabin of a ship.
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23 Moby Thesaurus words for "cabin":
      berth, blockhouse, box, bungalow, chalet, compartment, cot, cote,
      cottage, cuddy, deckhouse, house, hut, lodge, log cabin, love nest,
      pied-a-terre, saloon, shack, shanty, shelter cabin, snuggery,
      stateroom