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Synonyms for cockpit
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : kok-pit |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒkˌpɪt |
Définition of cockpit
Origin :- 1580s, "a pit for fighting cocks," from cock (n.1) + pit (n.1). Used in nautical sense (1706) for midshipmen's compartment below decks; transferred to airplanes (1914) and to cars (1930s).
- noun pilot compartment
- Into the cockpit, splashing, something dropped—a coil of rope.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Their country had been the cockpit of Europe from the time of Csar until Waterloo.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
- But at the same instant Chris leaped desperately from the cockpit of the scout.
- Extract from : « Raiders Invisible » by Desmond Winter Hall
- With a word of farewell, he climbed out of the cockpit and onto a wing.
- Extract from : « The Solar Magnet » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
- I had to climb into the cockpit and straighten out the mess.
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He stumbled across the cockpit and disappeared in the dusk of the cabin.
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- I hauled in the oar, jumped over the cockpit rail, and went for him.
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The fust hop landed me on my knees in the cockpit, and there I stayed.
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He wa'n't on the thwart, but down in a heap on the cockpit floor.
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Lonesome hung on to the rail of the cockpit and let his hair stand up to grow.
- Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
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