Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CAB'IN-ET, n. [Fr. cabinet; It. gabinetto; Sp. gabinete. See Cabin.]

1. A closet; a small room, or retired apartment. – Bacon.
2. A private room, in which consultations are held. – Dryden.
3. The select or secret council of a prince or executive government; so called from the apartment in which it was originally held. – Encyc.
4. A piece of furniture, consisting of a chest or box, with drawers and doors. A private box. – Swift.
5. Any close place where things of value are deposited for safe keeping. – Taylor.
6. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.] – Spenser.