cockpit Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft
  2. noun a pit for cockfights
  3. noun seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car

WordNet

Cock"pit` noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913