In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CABINED
Etymology
Adjective
cabined (not comparable)
Confined at close quarters
Circumscribed; restricted; having a narrow scope
Verb
cabined
simple past tense and past participle of cabin (“cabin”)
Anagrams
• deciban
Source: Wiktionary
CABIN
Cab"in, n. Etym: [OF. caban, fr. W. caban booth, cabin, dim. of cab cot, tent; or fr. F. cabane, cabine, LL. cabanna, perh. from the Celtic.]
1. A cottage or small house; a hut. Swift. A hunting cabin in the west. E. Everett.
2. A small room; an inclosed place. So long in secret cabin there he held Her captive. Spenser.
3. A room in ship for officers or passengers. Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship.
Cab"in v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabined (-nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabining.]
Definition: To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge. I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave. Shak.
Cab"in, v. t.
Definition: To confine in, or as in, a cabin. I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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