pilothouse

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
17
Letters
10

Definition of pilothouse

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.”
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noun

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

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Etymology

From pilot + house.

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