pilothousen.
/ˈpʌɪləthaʊs/, U.S. /ˈpaɪlətˌ(h)aʊs/ Nautical.
1. A house in which a pilot lives or stays. Now chiefly historical.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > official residence > [noun] > of people in specific employment
almonry1440
ferry house1595
prefecture1802
station house1805
pilothouse1812
lodging1826
schoolhouse1842
wardenry1859
adviserate1938
1812 A. Stoddard Sketches Louisiana 160 On the south side of the east pass, about three miles from the bar, is the pilot house.
1827 J. L. Williams View W. Florida 18 A small fort and pilot house formerly stood near the west end of the island.
1897 W. B. Yeats Secret Rose 207 The disused pilot-house looks out to sea.
1932 Times 4 Jan. 19/7 At 2 a.m. steamer Raylight went ashore inside north end of pier Ayr probably on breakwater about 120 yards from pilot house.
1972 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 25 June 1 d/3 In the summer of 1971 he built the pilot house beside the Walhonding River.
2. The wheelhouse of a ship or boat.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck superstructure > deckhouse > types of
summercastle1345
summer-hutch1420
poop1551
roundhouse1611
caboose1747
hurricane-house1818
wheelhouse1835
storm-house1836
pilothouse1842
Texas1853
Liverpool house1869
monkey forecastle1870
1842 Alton (Illinois) Tel. & Democratic Rev. 17 Sept. The steamer Macedonian, in a severe storm, near Natchez, had one of her chimneys blown down and her pilot house considerably damaged.
1883 American 6 40 A seaman might rise from the forward deck to the pilot-house and the master's quarters.
1967 Jane's Surface Skimmer Syst. 1967–8 34/2 Forward of the well..is the pilothouse.
1998 J. Irving Widow for One Year 170 It was so cold and windy on the upper deck..that Eddie sought refuge in the lee of the pilothouse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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