Cockpit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Cockpit	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Cockpit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cockpit n compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft a pit for cockfights seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cockpit \Cock"pit`\, n. In some a[89]roplanes and flying machines, an inclosure for the pilot or a passenger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cockpit \Cock"pit`\ (k[ocr]k"p[icr]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.