chart house
a room or deckhouse for storing and working with charts, navigational instruments, etc.
Origin of chart house
1- Also called chart room.
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How to use chart house in a sentence
After a long scrutiny of sky and sea, and a tap at the mercurial barometer hanging in the chart-house, he spoke to the mate.
The Viking Blood | Frederick William WallaceI reached the ladder to the bridge just as the captain came out of the chart house.
The Fat of the Land | John Williams StreeterMr. Shannon and two of the younger officers were killed by the explosion that wrecked the bridge and chart house.
West Wind Drift | George Barr McCutcheonAnd a minute later Frobisher found himself ducking his head in order to get in through the low chart-house door-way.
A Chinese Command | Harry CollingwoodSo I made up an excuse and sent him off to the chart-house for a pair of dividers (which I didn't want), and away he went.
Major Vigoureux | A. T. Quiller-Couch
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