pilothouse

English

Etymology

From pilot +‎ house.

Noun

pilothouse (plural pilothouses)

  1. (nautical) A wheelhouse.
    • 1899, Joseph Conrad, chapter 2, in Heart of Darkness:
      The funnel projected through that roof, and in front of the funnel a small cabin built of light planks served for a pilot-house.
    • 1957, Carolyn Ramsey, “‘Steamin’ at de Moon’”, in Cajuns on the Bayous, New York, N.Y.: Hastings House, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 24:
      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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