cockpit

Meaning

Noun

• The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile).
• The compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled; an analogous area in a spacecraft.
• A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting.
• A site of conflict; a battlefield.
• The vagina.
• A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes.
• The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay.
• A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located.
• An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control.

Related

Similar words

• flight deck, office

Origin

• From cock + pit.