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noun
- 1. a compartment for the pilot, and sometimes also the crew, in an aircraft or spacecraft.
- 2. a place where cockfights are held.
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1. a. : a pit or enclosure for cockfights. b. : a place noted for especially bloody, violent, or long-continued conflict. 2. obsolete : the pit of a theater. 3. : a compartment in a sailing warship used as quarters for junior officers and for treatment of the wounded in an engagement. 4.
COCKPIT definition: 1. the small closed space where the pilot sits in an aircraft, or where the driver sits in a racing…. Learn more.
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. 2. 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. 3.
COCKPIT meaning: 1. the small closed space where the pilot sits in an aircraft, or where the driver sits in a racing…. Learn more.
The cockpit is the area where the pilots and crew sit to fly an airplane. In a small plane, the cockpit might be occupied by a single pilot. A cockpit, also called a flight deck, is like a ship's bridge or a truck's cab — it's where the person controlling the vehicle sits.
Definition of cockpit noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. 1. a usu. enclosed space in the forward fuselage of an airplane containing the flying controls, instrument panel, and seats for the pilot and copilot or crew. 2. a sunken open area in the aft of a small vessel, containing the steering wheel.
