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noun Nautical.a room or deckhouse for storing and working with charts, navigational instruments, etc. Origin of chart houseFirst recorded in 1890–95 Words nearby chart houseCharteris, charter member, Charter of Rights, charter party, charter school, chart house, Chartism, chartist, chartless, chartlet, chartography Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chart houseAnd with that steel wall of the chart-house as a shield they laugh at us as from a conning tower. The Mutiny of the Elsinore|Jack London So I made up an excuse and sent him off to the chart-house for a pair of dividers (which I didn't want), and away he went. Major Vigoureux|A. T. Quiller-Couch On the roof of the chart-house are the main steering-gear and the engine-room telegraph. The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2|Roald Amundsen The wind begins to change, and presently the captain glancing out the door of the chart-house clucks his chagrin. Our Navy in the War|Lawrence Perry
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