Cock"pit` (kok"pit), 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.
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Cock"pit` (?), n.
In some aëroplanes and flying machines, an inclosure for the pilot or a passenger.
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