Definition of cockpit Cockpit

/kɑˈkpɪˌt/ - [kakpit] - cock•pit

We found 15 definitions of cockpit from 7 different sources.

What does cockpit mean?

Noun Plural: cockpits
cockpit - compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft
		compartment a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
		aircraft a vehicle that can fly
		canopy a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather
cockpit - seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car
		seat any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit); "he dusted off the seat before sitting down"
		race car, racing car, racer slender fast-moving North American snakes
cockpit - a pit for cockfights

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cockpit (Noun)
The space for those in control of a nautical, aeronautical, or astronautical vessel.
cockpit (Noun)
The compartment set aside for the care of wounded during naval engagements; the sickbay.
cockpit (Noun)
A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located.
cockpit (Noun)
An enclosure for cockfights.

cockpit (n.)
A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.
cockpit (n.)
The Privy Council room at Westminster; -- so called because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace.
cockpit (n.)
That part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded during an engagement.
cockpit (n.)
In yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than the rest of the deck, which affords easy access to the cabin.

cockpit
A space, usually enclosed, in the forward fuselage of an airplane containing the flying controls, instrument panel, and seats for the pilot and copilot.

cockpit
The place where the wounded men are attended to, situated near the after hatchway, and under the lower gun-deck. The midshipmen alone inhabited the cockpit in former times, but in later days commission and warrant officers, civilians, &c., have their cabins there.--Fore cockpit. A place leading to the magazine passage, and the boatswain's, gunner's, and carpenter's store-rooms; in large ships, and during war time, the boatswain and carpenter generally had their cabins in the fore cockpit, instead of being under the forecastle.

A cockpit is the area, usually near the front of an aircraft, from which a pilot controls the aircraft. The cockpit is also referred to as the flight deck although that term can also refer to the flight deck on an aircraft carrier. Most modern cockpits are enclosed, except on some small aircraft, and cockpits on large airliners are also physically separated from the cabin.

Cockpit as a term for the pilot's compartment in an aircraft first appeared in 1914. From about 1935 cockpit also came to be used informally to refer to the driver's seat of a car, especially a high performance one, and this is official terminology in Formula One. The term is most likely related to the sailing term for the coxswain's station in a Royal Navy ship, and later the location of the ship's rudder controls.