A cabin is a rustic construction.
A cabin is a rustic construction that is made with poor materials and is usually used as a home for humble people. The cabins are generally built with wood and reeds.
For example: "When I arrived from the interior, I had to settle in a cabin that had no running water or electricity," "The police raided the cabin of the lineman who was accused of vandalizing by a merchant," "Until I get a better job, we will have to continue living in this precarious cabin .
Cabins throughout history
The notion of cabin - a term from the Latin capanna ( "hut" ) - is usually applied to housing in rural areas . In the Middle Ages , cabins were used as shelters for peasants and usually also referred to a piece of land and a barn attached to the residence. The term, in some Latin American countries, is used to name the rural establishment where purebred cattle are raised: "Yesterday I bought meat from Cabaña Santa María to prepare a barbecue," "When I go to Córdoba, I always stop at a cabin next to side of the road to buy sausages and sausages .
Currently, cabin is also used to name the house that is built in tourist destinations and is intended for rest and leisure. Unlike the original meaning, in this case the concept does not refer to a precarious construction, but often refers to luxurious cabins with a wide variety of comforts and services: "This summer I will go to a cabin on the banks of the river," "My family rented a cabin with a pool to spend the weekend."
Currently many cabins are used for tourist purposes.
Other uses of the term
However, we cannot ignore the fact that herd is a term that is also frequently used to refer to the entire group of livestock that has an owner, a land or even a country. Thus, for example, we usually speak in this sense of a cabin in general or emphasizing specific species such as what would be the sheep cabin .
Closely related to the previous meaning is also what we know as a cabin road . It is a term that is used within the livestock field to refer to the ravine ; that is, to the road that exists in certain territories so that the livestock of the area can circulate along it.
Book "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
One of the works considered classics of literature has in its title precisely the word we are analyzing. This is the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" , which was published in 1852 and was written by the American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe .
The story told in this narrative is that of the life of Tom , an African-American slave who must face all kinds of humiliation and contempt from those who consider him an inferior being. In this way, it is shown not only the essence of what the phenomenon of slavery was but also the cruelty that man can achieve. Likewise, special emphasis is also placed on the role that religion played in this regard.