Pilot Houseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

pilothouse (plural pilothouses)

1. (nautical) A wheelhouse.
   • 1899, Joseph Conrad, chapter 2, in Heart of Darkness:

     The funnel projected through that roof, and in front of the funnel a small cabin built of light planks served for a pilot-house.

   • 1957, Carolyn Ramsey, “‘Steamin’ at de Moon’”, in Cajuns on the Bayous, New York, N.Y.: Hastings House, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 24:

     Suddenly I felt a deep pang of regret—for all those thousands of poor mortals who had not stood in a pilothouse and felt that surge of eager motion as some ancient riverboat slid through deep bayou waters and headed downstream. […] From the pilothouse I walked onto the hurricane deck and watched as the sun dropped behind the bearded oaks, casting long shadows across the limpid bayou.

2. A yacht or other small vessel which has a wheelhouse.