Definition of Compertment
Com*part"ment (?), n. [F.
compartiment, OF. compartir to divide. See
Compart.] 1. One of the parts into
which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions,
or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a
garden.
In the midst was placed a large compartment
composed of grotesque work.
Carew.
2. (Shipbuilding) One of the
sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight
bulkheads.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A room, or section, or chamber
*"Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class carriage."
- One of the parts in which an area is subdivided.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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