ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pilothouse

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Pilothouse is a noun meaning (nautical) A wheelhouse.

Meaning

(nautical) A wheelhouse.

More Meanings

  1. A yacht or other small vessel which has a wheelhouse.

Example Sentences

The funnel projected through that roof, and in front of the funnel a small cabin built of light planks served for a pilot-house.
Suddenly I felt a deep pang of regret—for all those thousands of poor mortals who had not stood in a pilothouse and felt that surge of eager motion as some ancient riverboat slid through deep bayou waters and headed downstream. […] From the pilothouse I walked onto the hurricane deck and watched as the sun dropped behind the bearded oaks, casting long shadows across the limpid bayou.

Word Forms

Synonyms for pilothouse

Depending on context, synonyms include wheelhouse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wheelhouse, helm, porthouse, porthole, roundhouse, boilerhouse.

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