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Webster 1913 Edition


Caboose

Ca-boose′

(kȧ-boōs′)
,
Noun.
[Cf. D.
kabuis
,
kombuis
, Dan.
kabys
, Sw.
kabysa
, G.
kabuse
a little room or hut. The First part of the word seems to be allied to W.
cab
cabin, booth. Cf.
Cabin
.]
[Written also
camboose
.]
1.
(Naut.)
A house on deck, where the cooking is done; – commonly called the
galley
.

Definition 2024


caboose

caboose

English

Historic caboose on display in O'Fallon, Illinois

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Noun

caboose (plural cabooses)

  1. (obsolete, nautical) A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.
  2. (US, rail transport) The last car on a freight train, having cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van.
  3. (slang, baby-talk or euphemistic) buttocks
  4. (slang, sports) The person or team in last place.

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