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chart house

noun Nautical.

a room or deckhouse for storing and working with charts, navigational instruments, etc.

Words nearby chart house

charrette, charrière scale, charro, charry, chart, chart house, chart room, chart., chart. cerat., charta, chartaceous

Origin of chart house

First recorded in 1890–95

Also called chart room.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for chart house

And with that steel wall of the chart-house as a shield they laugh at us as from a conning tower.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore|Jack London
So 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
On the roof of the chart-house are the main steering-gear and the engine-room telegraph.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2|Roald Amundsen
The wind begins to change, and presently the captain glancing out the door of the chart-house clucks his chagrin.
Our Navy in the War|Lawrence Perry

Isaac Chantz jerked open the chart-house door, which swung outward.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore|Jack London

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