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Originally it was a small pit where they had cock fights. A cockpit was of necessity a crowded, hectic and bloody place.
Warships of the time included a small room used as a makeshift hospital. It became known as a cockpit because it was also crowded, hectic and bloody. Later, the small open well at the stern of a small ship (holding the helmsman and often other crew members) was called the cockpit. Not usually bloody, it was often crowded and hectic, especially if the ship were in a race.
When airplanes became manufactured the small compartment that housed the pilot was compared to the confines, and sometimes conditions, of a cockpit.
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