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cockpit a place for holding cockfights; in figurative usage, the place where a contest is fought out. The word is also recorded from the late 16th century used for a theatre, in Shakespeare's Henry V (1599).
The Cockpit was the name of a 17th-century London theatre, built on the site of a cockpit, and was later used for a block of buildings on or near the site of a cockpit built by Henry VII, used from the 17th century as government offices, and from this used informally for ‘the Treasury’ and ‘the Privy Council chambers’. In the early 18th century 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. cockpit of Europe a name for Belgium, as a part of Europe on which European conflicts have frequently been fought; the idea is first recorded in the writings of the Anglo-Welsh man of letters James Howell (c.1594–1666). |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "cockpit." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "cockpit." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-cockpit.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "cockpit." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-cockpit.html |
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1. The well of a yacht or small sailing vessel where the steering wheel or tiller is located. It normally gives access to the saloon, but in some yachts a separate central cockpit is incorporated where the steering wheel and navigational instruments are situated. 2. In the old sailing navies the space near the after hatchway and below the lower gun-deck allotted originally to the senior midshipmen of the ship and later to the surgeon and his mates for their messes. In action it became the operating theatre to which men who had been wounded were carried for treatment. During the battle of Trafalgar it was to the cockpit of HMS Victory that Nelson was carried after he had been wounded on deck, and where he died. |
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"cockpit." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cockpit." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-cockpit.html "cockpit." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-cockpit.html |
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cock·pit / ˈkäkˌpit/ • n. 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. |
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"cockpit." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cockpit." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cockpit.html "cockpit." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cockpit.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "cockpit." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "cockpit." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cockpit.html T. F. HOAD. "cockpit." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cockpit.html |
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cockpit ˈkäkˌpit n.a compartment for the pilot and sometimes also the crew in an aircraft or spacecraft.
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"cockpit." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cockpit." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-cockpit.html "cockpit." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-cockpit.html |
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"cockpit." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cockpit." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cockpit.html "cockpit." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cockpit.html |
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