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cockpit 1. the compartment in a small aircraft in which the pilot, crew, and sometimes the passengers sit 2. the driver's compartment in a racing car 3. Nautical a. an enclosed or recessed area towards the stern of a small vessel from which it is steered b. (formerly) an apartment in a warship used as quarters for junior officers and as a first-aid station during combat 4. an enclosure used for cockfights cockpit [′käk‚pit] (aerospace engineering) A space in an aircraft or spacecraft where the pilot sits. (naval architecture) A sunken area on the deck of a small vessel, near the stern, from which the craft is steered. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The water still poured in, and perforce we doubled up in the cockpit and tossed it out again. Simultaneously Lieutenant Harold Percy Smith-Oldwick vaulted nimbly out of the cockpit on the opposite side of his plane, calling to the girl to follow his example. He locked with Nelson in the cockpit of the Reindeer, and in the mix-up barely escaped being brained by an iron bar wielded by irate French Frank--irate because a two-handed man had attacked a one- handed man. |
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