Meaning of COCKPIT
| Pronunciation: | | 'kâk`pit
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- [n] compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft
- [n] seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car
- [n] an enclosure for cockfights
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| | See Also: | | aircraft, canopy, capsule, compartment, ejection seat, ejector seat, enclosure, race car, racer, racing car, seat | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Cock"pit`\ (k[o^]k"p[i^]t), n.
1. A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.
Henry the Eighth had built . . . a cockpit.
--Macaulay.
2. The Privy Council room at Westminster; -- so called
because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall
palace. --Brande & C.
3. (Naut.)
(a) That part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded
during an engagement.
(b) In yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than
the rest of the deck, which affords easy access to the
cabin.
\Cock"pit`\, n.
In some a["e]roplanes and flying machines, an inclosure for
the pilot or a passenger.
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