I'm gonna guess it comes from the nautical world. The coxswain(or cockswain)would pilot a boat from the cockpit.
You are sort of right here, but it had nothing to do with piloting and more about where the controls for the rudder were.
I'm gonna guess it comes from the nautical world. The coxswain(or cockswain)would pilot a boat from the cockpit.
You are sort of right here, but it had nothing to do with piloting and more about where the controls for the rudder were.
Coxswain basically means boat servant. I'm gonna take a guess that that term came before cockpit.
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