caboose
[ kuh-boos ]
/ kəˈbus /
noun
a car on a freight train, used chiefly as the crew's quarters and usually attached to the rear of the train.
British.
a kitchen on the deck of a ship; galley.
Slang.
the buttocks.
Origin of caboose
1740–50; < early modern Dutch
cabūse (Dutch
kabuis) ship's galley, storeroom; compare Low German
kabuus, kabüse, Middle Low German
kabuse booth, shed; further origin uncertain
Words nearby caboose
cabob,
caboched,
cabochon,
caboclo,
caboodle,
caboose,
cabora bassa,
caboshed,
cabot,
cabot strait,
cabot's ring body
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British Dictionary definitions for caboose
caboose
/ (kəˈbuːs) /
noun
US informal short for calaboose
railways, US and Canadian
a guard's van, esp one with sleeping and eating facilities for the train crew
nautical
- a deckhouse for a galley aboard ship or formerly in Canada, on a lumber raft
- mainly British the galley itself
Canadian
- a mobile bunkhouse used by lumbermen, etc
- an insulated cabin on runners, equipped with a stove
Word Origin for caboose
C18: from Dutch
cabūse, of unknown origin