cockpit
n. countablen. the small area at the front of a plane or boat where the pilot or driver sits. It contains all the controls and screens needed to guide the vehicle.
n. a compartment in the front of an aircraft or spacecraft containing the flight controls and the pilot's seat. In nautical contexts, refers to an open area in the deck of a boat, typically aft, from which the vessel is steered.
The pilot entered the cockpit and started the engines.
Modern cockpits are equipped with digital displays that replace dozens of old mechanical gauges.
The transition from analog to glass cockpits required pilots to develop new scanning patterns to monitor the integrated flight management systems effectively.
Compound of cock (“rooster”) + pit.
Either the same as above or from compound of cock (“boat”) + pit, where the first element is also found in cockboat and coxswain.
Commonly used in aviation and motor racing; in nautical use, it refers specifically to the steering well.