pilothouse

[pahy-luh t-hous]

noun, plural pi·lot·hous·es

[pahy-luh t-hou-ziz] /ˈpaɪ lətˌhaʊ zɪz/. Nautical.

an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.

Origin of pilothouse

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; pilot + house

Also called wheelhouse.

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Examples from the Web for pilothouse

Contemporary Examples of pilothouse

The two flattened their backs against the pilothouse and sucked in their guts.
The Story of the American Journalists Who Landed on D-Day
Timothy M. Gay
June 6, 2012

Historical Examples of pilothouse

I hastened down to the pilothouse, rang to stop her, and then to back her.
Up the River
Oliver Optic
The red coal of a cigar glowed in a corner of the pilothouse.
Blow The Man Down
Holman Day
He leaped to the pilothouse and roared at the man at the wheel.
The Open Boat and Other Stories
Stephen Crane
Slugs smacked into the hull or blossomed as stars on the glass of the pilothouse.
The Pirates of Shan
Harold Leland Goodwin
Scotty went back to the top of the pilothouse to watch for shoal waters.
The Pirates of Shan
Harold Leland Goodwin