Bible Dictionaries
Compartment

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.

(2):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Compartment'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/compartment.html. 1828.