cockpit
Other forms: cockpits
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. A race car driver's seat is sometimes also called a cockpit. The original meaning was literally "pit where a cockfight happens," and in the 1700s cockpit became the Royal Navy's term for the area where a coxswain, or ship's pilot, was stationed.
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compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircrafttype of:compartmenta partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
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seat where the driver sits while driving a racing cartype of:seatany support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
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a pit for cockfightstype of:pitan enclosure in which animals are made to fight
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