Complete Definition of "wheelhouse"

English

Noun
en-noun

  1. nautical 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
  2. nautical The enclosed structure around side paddlewheels on a steamboat.
  3. baseball A batter's power zone

#: The pitch was right in his wheelhouse, and he hit a salami.

Translations
trans-top|compartment for navigating
Finnish: ohjaushytti
trans-bottom

cover for paddlewheels

ru:wheelhouse
zh:wheelhouse

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