wheelhouse.
A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
Meaning & usage
A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill. The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.
A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill. An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.
A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill. The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.
A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (resembling the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub.
A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
The pitch was right in his wheelhouse, and he hit a grand slam.
A person's area of authority or expertise.
Horse viruses are in Pat’s wheelhouse.
A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
Ever since I started taking antipsychotics, managing my mental health has been a whole different wheelhouse.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English wheelhouse From wheel + house. Sense 3 (“(baseball) a pitch location which is favourable to the hitter”) references the fact that a vessel is controlled from its wheelhouse (sense 1.2), and sense 4 (“a person’s area of authority or expertise”) is a figurative use of sense 3.
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