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English
Noun
cabbin (plural cabbins)
- Obsolete spelling of cabin.
1886, Henry M. Brooks, The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6= Literary Curiosities:----When our Boston sea Captain, therefore, came into Broadway, a Virginian comes a-board of him--and as he goes down into the cabbin, had to stoop a little, because the cabbin was low--for, as I said before, the sloop was 60 tons, although our religious sea-captain entered but 40 tons at the Naval-Office: Howsomever he had a reserve of conscience, for the Naval-Officer charged him for light money, when there was not one light-house in all the ancient dominion.
1881, Alexander Leslie, The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II:This Gabriel declared vnto me that they had saued both the ankers and our hauser, and after we had thus communed, I caused 4 or 5 of them to goe into my cabbin, where I gaue them figs and made them such cheere as I could.
1806, James Harrison, The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Vol. I (of 2):Accordingly, when this youth came on board, he called him into his cabbin, and immediately addressed him in the most impressive manner, to the following effect.
1665, Samuel Pepys, Diary of Samuel Pepys, October 1665:Called up about 4 of the clock and so dressed myself and so on board the Bezan, and there finding all my company asleep I would not wake them, but it beginning to be break of day I did stay upon the decke walking, and then into the Maister's cabbin and there laid and slept a little, and so at last was waked by Captain Cocke's calling of me, and so I turned out, and then to chat and talk and laugh, and mighty merry.
1594, Thomas Nash, The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton:This was my plot, I knewe a peece of seruice of intelligence, which was presently to bee done, that required a man with all his fiue senses to effect it, and would ouefthrow anie foole that should vndertake it, to this seruice did I animate and egge my foresayd costes and charges, alias, senior veluet-cappe, whose head was not encombered with too much forecast, and comming to him in his cabbin about dinner time, where I found him verie deuoutly paring of his nailes for want of other repast, I entertained him with this solemne oration.
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈt͡sabːbiːn/
Noun
cabbin
- essive of cabbi