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wheelhouse

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wheelhouse [′wēl‚hau̇s]
(naval architecture)
pilothouse
wheelhouse
A circular structure containing a horse-driven threshing machine for wheat; often attached to a barn.
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On the bridge a knot of men, indistinct and toiling, were making great efforts in the light of the wheelhouse windows that shone mistily on their heads and backs.
Typhoon by Conrad, Joseph View in context
For a quartermaster had entered the wheelhouse, and even while we had been speaking the pilot had taken possession of the bridge; as we descended, the tender left us with flying handkerchiefs and shrill good-bys; and as we bowed to Miss Werner on the promenade deck, there came a deep, slow throbbing underfoot, and our voyage had begun.
The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context
They take the dish up to the wheelhouse for him with a cover on it, and he shuts both the doors before he begins to eat.
Falk - A Reminiscence by Conrad, Joseph View in context
 
 
 
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