English-Thai Dictionary
cockpit
N ที่นั่ง คนขับ (เครื่องบิน หรือ รถแข่ง ti-nang-kon-kab
cockpit
N สนามรบ สนาม แข่ง battlefield battleground sa-nam-rob
cockpit
N เวที ชนไก่ we-te-chon-kai
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
COCKPIT
n. 1. A pit or area, where game cocks fight.
2. In ships of war, a room or apartment, in which the wounded men are dressed; situated near the after-hatchway, under the lower gun-deck. The fore-cockpit is a place leading to the magazine passage and the store room of the boatswain, gunner and carpenter.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COCKPIT
COCKPIT Cock "pit `, n.
1. A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights. Henry the Eight 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
cockpit
cock pit |ˈkäkˌpit ˈkɑkˌpɪt | ▶noun 1 a compartment for the pilot and sometimes also the crew in an aircraft or spacecraft. • a similar compartment for the driver in a racing car. • a sunken area in the after deck of a boat providing space for members of the crew. 2 a place where a battle or other conflict takes place: the cockpit of capitalist conflict in Europe. • a place where cockfights are held. ORIGIN late 16th cent. ( sense 2 ): from cock 1 + pit 1. In the early 18th cent. the term was in nautical use, denoting an area in the aft lower deck of a man-of-war where the wounded were taken, later coming to mean ‘the “pit ” or well in a sailing yacht from which it was steered ’; hence the place housing the controls of other vehicles ( sense 1, early 20th cent ).
Oxford Dictionary
cockpit
cock |pit |ˈkɒkpɪt | ▶noun 1 a compartment for the pilot, and sometimes also the crew, in an aircraft or spacecraft. • the driver's compartment in a racing car. • a space for the helmsman in some small yachts. 2 a place where cockfights are held. • a place where a battle or other conflict takes place. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in sense 2 ): from cock 1 + pit 1. Sense 1 dates from the early 20th cent. and derives from an early 18th -cent. nautical term denoting an area in the aft lower deck of a man-of-war where the wounded were taken, later coming to mean ‘the ‘pit ’ or well from which a yacht is steered ’; hence the place housing the controls of other vehicles.
American Oxford Thesaurus
cockpit
cockpit noun I was invited into the cockpit to meet the pilot: flight deck, helm, control room; driver's seat.
Duden Dictionary
Cockpit
Cock pit Substantiv, Neutrum Fachsprache , das |C o ckpit |das Cockpit; Genitiv: des Cockpits, Plural: die Cockpits englisch cockpit, eigentlich = vertiefte Einfriedung für Hahnenkämpfe, aus: cock = Hahn und pit = Grube 1 Kabine des Piloten 1a in einem Flugzeug einen Blick ins Cockpit werfen 2 Fahrersitz in einem Rennwagen aus dem Cockpit steigen 3 vertiefter, ungedeckter Sitzraum für die Besatzung in Segel- und Motorbooten
French Dictionary
cockpit
cockpit FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour poste, cabine de pilotage.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
cockpit
c ó ck p ì t 名詞 C 1 〘空 〙操縦室 [席 ], コックピット (→airport ); (レーシングカーなどの )運転席 ; (小型ヨットなどの )操舵席 .2 闘鶏場 ; 古戦場 .