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cockpit
English
Etymology
From cock +? pit.
Noun
cockpit (plural cockpits)
- The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile). [from 20th c.]
- The compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled; an analogous area in a spacecraft. [from 20th c.]
- (now chiefly historical) A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting. [from 16th c.]
- (figuratively) A site of conflict; a battlefield. [from 16th c.]
- 2016, Peter Ackroyd, Revolution, Pan Macmillan 2017, p. 170:
- India became the cockpit in which it was shown that trade was war carried on under another name.
- 2016, Peter Ackroyd, Revolution, Pan Macmillan 2017, p. 170:
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina. [from 17th c.]
- (Jamaican) A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes. [from 17th c.]
- (nautical, now historical) The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay. [from 17th c.]
- (nautical) A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located. [from 18th c.]
- (figuratively) An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control. [from 20th c.]
Synonyms
- (control area of an airplane): flight deck, office
Derived terms
- bathtub cockpit
- cockpit voice recorder, cockpit recorder
- glass cockpit
- greenhouse cockpit
Descendants
Translations
Anagrams
- Pitcock, cocktip
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English cockpit.
Noun
cockpit m (plural cockpits)
- cockpit
Further reading
- “cockpit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English cockpit.
Noun
cockpit m (definite singular cockpiten, indefinite plural cockpiter, definite plural cockpitene)
- (aviation, nautical) a cockpit (of an aircraft or boat)
References
- “cockpit” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English cockpit.
Noun
cockpit m (definite singular cockpiten, indefinite plural cockpitar, definite plural cockpitane)
- (aviation, nautical) a cockpit (of an aircraft or boat)
References
- “cockpit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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coaming
English
Etymology
From earlier coming, apparently from comb (“crest”) +? -ing; however, exact origin uncertain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??.m??/
Noun
coaming (plural coamings)
- (nautical) On a boat, the vertical side of above-deck structures, such as the coach roof, hatch, and cockpit.
- A raised frame, designed to deflect or prevent entry of water, around an opening (e.g., a hatch or skylight) in a flat surface, such as a roof or deck.
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.92:
- Creepers threaded the wrecked windows of the coaches, ancient and chalky brown with their riveted seams and welted coamings like something proofed for descents into the sea.
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.92:
Translations
Further reading
- coaming on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- camoing
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