caboose

(kə bo̵̅o̅s)

noun

  1. Naut., Brit. a ship's kitchen; galley
  2. ☆ the trainmen's car on a freight train, usually at the rear

Origin: MDu kabuys, kambuis (< ?), ship's galley

See caboose in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The last car on a freight train, having kitchen and sleeping facilities for the train crew.
  2. Obsolete
    a. A ship's galley.
    b. Any of various cast-iron cooking ranges used in such galleys during the early 19th century.
    c. An outdoor oven or fireplace.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly from obsolete Dutch cabuse, ship's galley

Origin: , from Middle Low German kabūse

Origin: : perhaps *kab-, cabin

Origin: ; akin to Old French cabane; see cabin

Origin: + Middle High German hūs, house

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