Compartment

kom-part'ment, n. a separate part or division of any inclosed space a subdivision of a carriage. (Fr., from c:mpartir to divide — Lat com, and part in’, to part.) Compa , kum'pas, n a circuit or circle space limit range an instrument consisting of a magnetised needle, used to steer ships by, . —To fet i a Compa , tu make a circuit, to go round —pl. Com'pasSOS, an instrument consisting of two movable legs, for describing circles, . [Fr. Compaq, a circle— Low L. compa ns—L. com, together, and pa us, a step, a way, a route the mariner’s compa goes round in a circle.]