Noun: cabin car ka-bin kaa(r)
- A car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train
"The conductor made his way to the cabin car at the end of the long freight train";
- caboose [N. Amer]
Derived forms: cabin cars
Type of: bogie [Asia], car, railcar, railroad car [N. Amer], railway car [Brit, Cdn], railway carriage [Brit, Cdn]
Part of: freight train, rattler [N. Amer]
Encyclopedia: Cabin car