cockpit

Definitions

• The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile).
• The compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled; an analogous area in a spacecraft.
• (now) A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting.
• (figurative) A site of conflict; a battlefield.
• (vulgar) The vagina.
• (Jamaica) A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes.
• (nautical) The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay.
• (nautical) A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located.
• (figurative) An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control.