cockpit

the small closed space where the pilot sits in an aircraft, or where the driver sits in a racing car

the area on a boat where the person operating the controls sits or stands

an area where a cockfight is held (= an activity, illegal in many countries, in which people watch as two cocks (= adult male chickens) attack each other and bet money on which one will win)

the enclosed space where the pilot sits in an aircraft, or where the driver sits in a racing car