trunk cabin
noun
1.
a cabin of a yacht that presents a long, low profile with a relatively unbroken line fore and aft.
Compare
doghouse
(def 2).
Origin
1885-90,
Americanism
Examples from the web for
trunk cabin
The low
trunk cabin
is fitted with a three-sided doghouse on the aft end.
Continuing aft is a low
trunk cabin
with a three-sided doghouse added to the aft-end.
British Dictionary definitions for
trunk cabin
trunk cabin
noun
1.
(
nautical
) a long relatively low cabin above the deck of a yacht