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pilothouse

 
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n. Nautical
An enclosed area, usually on the bridge of a vessel, from which the vessel is controlled when under way. Also called wheelhouse.


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WordNet: pilothouse
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated
  Synonym: wheelhouse

Wikipedia: Pilothouse
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This article is about the ship compartment. For the pilot episode of the TV series House, see Pilot (House).
Pilothouse of the 1000 foot Edwin H. Gott

A pilothouse or pilot-house.[1] is a glass-enclosed room from which a ship is controlled by the ship's pilot. The pilothouse also is known as the wheelhouse.[2] It usually is located on top of the largest deck (the texas deck) or highest deck. The steering wheel or helm, compass, engine order telegraph, and chart table are located here. On many ships, especially military and cruise ships, the pilothouse is considerably larger and combined with a number of other control structures as part of the ship's bridge.

Pilothouses may also be a feature of smaller vessels.

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Reference

  1. ^ Twain, Mark; Clemens, Samuel L. (2000). Life on the Mississippi. Mineola, NY: Dover. ISBN 978-0486414263.  Chapter 4:"She is long and sharp and trim and pretty; she has two tall, fancy-topped chimneys, with a gilded device of some kind swung between them; a fanciful pilot-house, a glass and 'gingerbread', perched on top of the 'texas' deck behind them;"
  2. ^ Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language. Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company. 1973. wheelhouse n.

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Translations: Pilothouse
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - styrehus

Nederlands (Dutch)
stuurhut

Français (French)
n. - poste de pilotage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Steuerhaus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ναυτ.) τιμονιέρα

Italiano (Italian)
timoniera

Português (Portuguese)
n. - casa do leme (f)

Русский (Russian)
лоцманская рубка

Español (Spanish)
n. - timonera, cabina del piloto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - styrhytt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
操舵室

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 操舵室

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 조타실

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 操舵室

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كشل المراقبه والتحكم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בית ההגה (בספינה)‬

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