wheelhouse

== English == === Alternative forms === wheel house, wheel-house === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwiːlˌhaʊs/, (conservatively, rare) /ˈʍiːl-/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈwɪj(ə)lˌhaws/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwilˌhaʊs/, (conservatively, rare) /ˈʍil-/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈwiːlˌhæɔs/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈʍilˌhʌʊs/ Hyphenation: wheel‧house === Noun === wheelhouse (plural wheelhouses) A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill. The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel. Synonyms: wheel arch, wheel well An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge. Synonym: pilothouse The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat. Synonym: paddle box (archaeology) 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. Coordinate terms: roundhouse, Atlantic roundhouse (Canada, US, baseball, by extension from sense 1.2) A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter. (Canada, US, figuratively) A person's area of authority or expertise. Synonyms: bailiwick, domain (Canada, US, figuratively) A set of skills necessitated by a situation. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === bridge (nautical) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia wheelhouse (archaeology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia wheelhouse (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “wheelhouse, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.