cambouse

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A form of caboose — A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.

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Meanings

nouncambouse (plural cambouses)

plural cambouses

  1. alternativeAlternative form of caboose.

    On the second day out, while sailing moderately on our course in the Gulf Stream, a sudden squall of wind struck the ship from the SW. and knocked her completely on her beam-ends, stove one of our boats, entirely destroyed two others, and threw down the cambouse.

    1832, Owen Chase, chapter 9, in Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex …
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APA

cambouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cambouse

MLA

“cambouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cambouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cambouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cambouse.

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