<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>Cockpit:<ul><li>a space, usually enclosed, in the forward fuselage of an airplane containing the flying controls, instrument panel, and seats for the pilot and copilot or flight crew.</li><li>a sunken, open area, generally in the after part of a small vessel, as a yacht, providing space for the pilot, part or all of the crew, or guests.</li><li>the space, including the seat and instrumentation, surrounding the driver of an automobile.</li><li>a pit or enclosed place for cockfights.</li><li>a place where a contest is fought or which has been the scene of many contests or battles.</li><li>(formerly) a space below the water line in a warship, occupied by the quarters of the junior officers and used as a dressing station for those wounded in action.</li></ul></li></ul>