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pilothouse

pilothouse noun: a wheelhouse.

Noun

pilothouse (plural pilothouses)

  1. A wheelhouse.
    • The funnel projected through that roof, and in front of the funnel a small cabin built of light planks served for a pilot-house.1899, Joseph Conrad, chapter 2, in Heart of Darkness
    • Suddenly I felt a deep pang of regret—for all those thousands of poor mortals who had not stood in a pilothouse and felt that surge of eager motion as some ancient riverboat slid through deep bayou waters and headed downstream. […] From the pilothouse I walked onto the hurricane deck and watched as...1957, Carolyn Ramsey, “‘Steamin’ at de Moon’”, in Cajuns on the Bayous, New York, N.Y.: Hastings House, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 24
  2. A yacht or other small vessel which has a wheelhouse.

Forms of pilothouse

pluralpilothouses

Origin of pilothouse

From pilot + house.

Questions about pilothouse

What does pilothouse mean?
Pilothouse means a wheelhouse.
What part of speech is pilothouse?
Pilothouse is a noun.
What is the plural of pilothouse?
The plural of pilothouse is pilothouses.

Words near pilothouse in the dictionary

  1. piloters
  2. pilotess
  3. pilotesses
  4. pilotfish
  5. pilotfishes
  6. pilothouse
  7. pilothouses
  8. piloti
  9. piloting
  10. pilotings
  11. pilotis

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