chart house
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chart house
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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He’s providing hope for smoother sailing ahead with a talented crew in the chart house.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 22, 2019
He too was swept off his feet, but he hung on—to the C. P. O. They both floated flat out on the white roller, and the white roller went smash-o! up against the chart house.
From The U-boat hunters by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
Hume moved backward and forward by the chart house, while Webster gloomily looked at his figures.
From The Golden Rock by Glanville, Ernest
Cunningham spoke of a joke when I accosted him in the chart house last night.”
From The Pagan Madonna by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)
Even the steel plates and stout wood work of the superstructure had melted away from the six strong ribs to which the sunken engines were bolted, leaving the bridge and chart house in air.
From His Unknown Wife by Tracy, Louis
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