Emily Dickinson Lexicon

cabinet (-s), n. [ME < It. gabinetto, influenced by Fr. cabinet; diminutive of cabin.]

1. Bower; tiny cottage; little summer house; small dwelling place; [fig.] cocoon; metamorphosis sack.
2. Cell; closet; small room; private apartment; display case; storage cupboard; box with doors; chest with drawers; [fig.] tomb; niche; shrine; reliquary; repository; tabernacle.