Noah Webster
Cabinet
CABINET, noun
1. A closet; a small room, or retired apartment.
2. A private room, in which consultations are held.
3. The select or secret council of a prince or executive government; so called from the apartment in which it was originally held.
4. A piece of furniture, consisting of a chest or box, with drawers and doors. A private box.
5. Any close place where things of value are reposited for safe keeping.
6. A hut; a cottage; a small house.
CABINET, verb transitive To inclose.