Cŏck'pĭt, n.

n. 1. A pit, or area, where game-cocks fight. Shak.

2. The privy council room at Westminster; — so called because built on the cockpit of Whitehall palace. Brande.
3. (Naut.) A room or apartment, situated near the after hatchway, under the lower gun-deck, appropriated to the use of wounded men. Totten.