wheelhouse
Senso (Inglese)
- A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
- A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
- A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
- A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
- 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.
- (Canada, US, broadly) A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
- (Canada, US, figuratively) A person's area of authority or expertise.
- (Canada, US, figuratively) A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈʍiːlˌhaʊs/
Etimologia (Inglese)
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.
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