Compartment

n. [Fr. compartiment, It. compartimento, Sp. compartimento, compartimiento, L. Lat. compartimentum.] One of the portions or separate parts into which any thing is divided; as, a compartment of a wall, of a garden, of a picture, and the like.

In the midst was placed a large compartment composed of grotesque work. Carew.

All manner of compartments, bases, pedestals, and buildings. Peacham.

n. A compartment. [Rare.] Warton.