Definition of wheelhouse in English English dictionary
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
A wheelhouse is a small room or shelter on a ship or boat, where the wheel used for steering the boat is situated. the place on a ship where the captain stands at the wheel
A part of the vehicles which forms the housing for the front and rear wheels The front wheelhouse is welded to the fender and the rear wheelhouse is welded to the quarter panel
A circular Iron Age stone house with free-standing partition walls or piers radiating outwards from a central area – like the spokes of a wheel – probably containing a hearth, and dividing the living space into stalls or booths The name aisled round house is used They are found only in the Western Isles and Shetland, often near brochs They appeared from around 200 BC Used well into the Roman period See Blockhouse, Dun