Cockpit

Part of speech: noun (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. That part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded during an engagement.

4. In yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than the rest of the deck, which affords easy access to the cabin.