Q: Two "cabinnes" in the same "rowme" (1674)

[George Thompson]

Perhaps two enclosed beds?  Enclosed by wooden sides rather than by  curtains?

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

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From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
Date: Thursday, September 30, 2010 10:08 am
Subject: Q: Two "cabinnes" in the same "rowme" (1674)
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> I have a sentence from 1674 that describes a male and female being
> accused of too familiar activities, including "haveing their Cabinnes
> together in the same rowme".
>
> [Maine Records, 2:290.]
>
> Assuming "rowme" is "room", I am puzzled by "Cabinne".  Nothing under
> "cabin" in the OED seems to fit.  Surely not the cell of an
> eremite.  "A small room, a bedroom, a boudoir"?  But the two cabinnes
> were in the same room.  "A berth (in a ship)"?  But this was not a
> ship but a house.  A "cabin-bed, a berth"?  Perhaps, but not a berth.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Joel
>
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