cockpit
a space, usually enclosed, in the forward fuselage of an airplane containing the flying controls, instrument panel, and seats for the pilot and copilot or flight crew.
a sunken, open area, generally in the after part of a small vessel, as a yacht, providing space for the pilot, part or all of the crew, or guests.
the space, including the seat and instrumentation, surrounding the driver of an automobile.
a pit or enclosed place for cockfights.
a place where a contest is fought or which has been the scene of many contests or battles.
(formerly) a space below the water line in a warship, occupied by the quarters of the junior officers and used as a dressing station for those wounded in action.
Origin of cockpit
1Words Nearby cockpit
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How to use cockpit in a sentence
And increasingly smart navigation aids in the cockpit brought far greater precision and efficiency to route planning.
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly? | Clive Irving | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTI believe there was a captain aboard, but Hughes kept throwing him out of the cockpit.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe would navigate from the cockpit using a road atlas—while snorting cocaine off the map.
You will feel both embarrassed and grateful for this, even as you wonder why the cockpit looks like a 1950s sci-fi set.
The Malaysian Air Tragedy Reawakens a Primal Fear | Kelly Williams Brown | July 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSome airline chiefs believe that there was an invasion of the cockpit.
George, duke of Albemarle, captain-general of his majesty's forces, died at the cockpit.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThe yacht nearly broached to, while the next oncoming wave broke fairly aboard, filling the cockpit half-full of water.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley SmithThen a wave would come aboard astern, rolling in and nearly filling the cockpit.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley SmithA very important fitting is a hatch by which the cockpit can be completely covered in in heavy weather.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.The last occasion on which any part of Belgium, so long the 'cockpit of Europe,' had a glimpse of war was in the autumn of 1870.
Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
British Dictionary definitions for cockpit
/ (ˈkɒkˌpɪt) /
the compartment in a small aircraft in which the pilot, crew, and sometimes the passengers sit: Compare flight deck (def. 1)
the driver's compartment in a racing car
nautical
an enclosed or recessed area towards the stern of a small vessel from which it is steered
(formerly) an apartment in a warship used as quarters for junior officers and as a first-aid station during combat
the site of numerous battles or campaigns
an enclosure used for cockfights
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