COCKPIT
,—a place appropriated entirely to the purpose of COCK-FIGHTING, for which it is erected; it is usually of an oblong or circular form, surrounded with seats, to which the spectators pay for admission; and in great mains, or subscription matches, the FEEDERS generally agree with the masters of the match to receive the whole of this door money, (equally divided between them,) as their compensation for the fortnight or three weeks they are engaged in feeding the cocks.