[f. FORE- pref. + CABIN.] A cabin in the forepart of the vessel; spec. one for second-class passengers in which the accommodation is inferior to that in the saloon.
1816. Gentl. Mag., LXXXVI. I. Feb., 102/1. Several of the largest-sized Hog-boats appeared to me constructed with the fore-cabin made close, and a hatchway so as to keep out the water.
1833. Marryat, P. Simple (1863), 61. The cashier, with his chest of money, came on board, and was shown into the fore-cabin, where the captain attended the pay-table.
1877. Sir C. W. Thomson, Voy. ‘Challenger,’ I. i. 11. The fore-cabin, a handsome room 30 feet long by 12 wide into which these private cabins open, runs athwart-ships.
