What does pilothouse mean?
Pilothouse means (nautical) A wheelhouse..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(nautical) A wheelhouse..
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.
Use pilothouse when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pilothouse means (nautical) A wheelhouse..
Common synonyms include wheelhouse.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The funnel projected through that roof, and in front of the funnel a small cabin built of light planks served for a pilot-house.
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