cabinetn.[F., dim. of cabine or cabane. See Cabin, n.]1. A hut; a cottage; a small house.()Hearken a while from thy green cabinet,
The rural song of careful Colinet. (Spenser.)2. A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.()3. A private room in which consultations are held.()Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet. (Prescott.)4. The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.()()5. A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence:()6. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.()Cabinet council. (a) Same as Cabinet, n., 4 (of which body it was formerly the full title). (b) A meeting of the cabinet. -- Cabinet councilor, a member of a cabinet council. -- Cabinet photograph, a photograph of a size smaller than an imperial, though larger than a carte de visite. -- Cabinet picture, a small and generally highly finished picture, suitable for a small room and for close inspection.()a. Suitable for a cabinet; small.()He [Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking cabinet edition of Goethe. (For. Quar. Rev.)v. i. To inclose(Hewyt.)