binnacle.
The wooden housing for a ship's compass, with its corrector magnets and illuminating arrangements.
Meaning & usage
The wooden housing for a ship's compass, with its corrector magnets and illuminating arrangements.
The instrument cluster on a car or motorcycle.
Where this word comes from
Corruption of earlier bittacle, from French habitacle. Or from obsolete Spanish or Portuguese bitácula, both from Late Latin habitāculum (“little dwelling place”). Compare modern Spanish bitácora.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.