Cockpit

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cockpit \Cock"pit`\ (k[o^]k"p[i^]t), n.
     1. A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.
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              Henry the Eighth had built . . . a cockpit.
                                                    --Macaulay.


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     2. The Privy Council room at Westminster; -- so called
        because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall
        palace. --Brande & C.
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     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.
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     4. In airplanes or boats, the space where the pilot or
        operator sits to control the vehicle. In airplanes it is
        usually in the front of the fuselage. In larger airplanes
        it may be closed off from the {cabin}, where the
        passengers travel.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cockpit
       n 1: compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft
       2: an enclosure for cockfights
       3: seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "cockpit":
     agora, amphitheater, arena, athletic field, auditorium, background,
     bear garden, bowl, boxing ring, bull ring, campus, canvas, circus,
     coliseum, colosseum, course, field, floor, forum, ground, gym,
     gymnasium, hall, hippodrome, lists, locale, marketplace, mat,
     milieu, open forum, palaestra, parade ground, pit, place, platform,
     precinct, prize ring, public square, purlieu, range, ring, scene,
     scene of action, scenery, setting, site, sphere, squared circle,
     stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting, terrain, theater,
     tilting ground, tiltyard, walk, wrestling ring