Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See pilothouse.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In mech., a building in which a water-wheel is housed.
- n. A structure to contain and safeguard the wheels of the valves of a. water-works system.
- n. The curved inclosure for the paddle-or side-wheels of a steamboat.
- n. The free space under the forward part of the body in some carriages, which enables the front axle to make a more extensive arc in turning, and permits the wheels to ‘cut under.’
- n. Nautical, same as pilot-house.
Wiktionary
- n. nautical An enclosed compartment, on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge or pilothouse
- n. nautical The enclosed structure around side paddlewheels on a steamboat.
- n. baseball A batter's power zone
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A small house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel.
- n. A paddle box. See under paddle.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated
Etymologies
- wheel + house (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The best news for the GOP this summer, Mr. Wehner says, is that "the issue set that is dominating the national debate is in the Republican wheelhouse, which is taxes and spending.”
“Beyond the wheelhouse was a spacious area with lounge chairs and a portable bar.”
“But I think there's a real substantive reform that McCain could offer that its completely in his wheelhouse, that is necessary, and that would prove he's a break from Bush.”
“It is a small gypsy style cart so it can't imagine it will be used for the 'wheelhouse'.”
“It was a 'wheelhouse' song, to be sure last week, but wheelhouse songs don't bring in new fans.”
“The next two races are right in Jimmie Johnson's wheelhouse, meaning those chasing him must try to keep up.”
“Taylor stood in the wheelhouse at the shoulder of Petty Officer Derrick Winters, who concentrated as he silently piloted the craft.”
“Before he had a chance to see where it was coming from, the door of the wheelhouse opened and a small man stepped out.”
“Gideon took out his soaked wallet, peeled out a wet business card, and set it on the wheelhouse.”
“Over the whine of the engine, Cassie could hear the Steves plotting in the wheelhouse cabin: “She still behind us?””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wheelhouse’.
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Baseball Terms
Slang and plain words used to describe the great game of baseball.
groundout, single, caught looking, run it out, day game, getaway day, doubleheader, whiff, Texas Leaguer, wheelhouse, swipe a bag, utility player and 89 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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wack, wadmal, waftage, wafture, wagonette, wagtail, wainage, wainscot, wair, waits, wakerife, waldflute and 282 more...
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Nautical Words
lubber, mizzenmast, circumnavigation, clipper, cordage, galleon, gangplank, gangway, flying bridge, following sea, schooner, amidships and 106 more...
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Words of the Times
Words discovered while reading The New York Times, each with a citation from the paper.
testilying, ghost talk, apneist, solastalgia, izakaya, hooker, telectroscope, airflyte, phomance, bromhidrosis, stinky feet, cupping and 482 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, W
washboard, winterbourne, winze, wirble, waterway, windrow, winceyette, waft, whiffletree, wheelbarrow, whicker, wacky and 170 more...
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The DEADLIEST Catch
All the words I keep hearing now that Season 4 has launched. WOOOO!!
Edit: Amended list to include other fishing terms (not necessarily crab-fishing, not necessarily heard on Deadliest...bering sea, launch, pot, bait, icy, dutch harbor, processing, greenhorn, coast guard, survival suit, opilio, king crab and 65 more...
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Poison
Words and phrases from Chris Wooding's book, Poison.
tallowcatcher, spar, landbar, insouciant, dandle, spatulate, tarpaulin, front, grump, dwarrow, gawp, wheelhouse and 32 more...
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Transportation
monoplane, cabriolet, phaeton, argosy, coracle, sampan, Ventiports, wedgehead, sweepspear, fuselage, trafficator, barouche and 70 more...
Tweets
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chained_bear Wow. Isn't the phrase extreme conservatism, as used by Meghan McCain, something of an oxymoron? Along the lines of extreme moderation?
P.S. I hope they keep fighting like this. It's awfully entertaining. Mar 18, 2009
john “McCain had blogged about body issues during the campaign — “I’ve been surprised by critical comments regarding my weight and body shape. It recently reached a ridiculous level when someone handed me a business card for a plastic surgeon and suggested I needed liposuction�? — so Ingraham’s jokes were, as the baseballers say, right in her wheelhouse.�?
The New York Times, Mean G.O.P. Girls, by Eric Etheridge, Marche 17, 2009 Mar 18, 2009