wheelhouse

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
2. A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
3. A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
4. A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
5. A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (resembling the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub.
6. (Canada, US, broadly) A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
7. (Canada, US, figuratively) A person's area of authority or expertise.
8. (Canada, US, figuratively) A set of skills necessitated by a situation.

Sinonieme

pilothouse

wheel house

steering room

operator’s compartment

roller box

operator cabin

Vertalings

timonerie

cabina del timoner

timonera

passerelle

plancia

timoneria

timoniera

stuurhut

stuurhuis

timonera

puente de gobierno

غرفة القيادة

gemide dümen köşkü

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈʍiːlˌhaʊs/

Etimologie (Engels)

From wheel + house. Sense 3 (“(baseball) a pitch location which is favourable to the hitter”) references the fact that a vessel is controlled from its wheelhouse (sense 1.2), and sense 4 (“a person’s area of authority or expertise”) is a figurative use of sense 3.