wheelhouse

Etymology
From. 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.

Noun

 * 1) A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  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.
 * 4)  The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.
 * 5)  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.
 * 6)  A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
 * 7)  A person's area of authority or expertise.
 * 8)  A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
 * 1)  The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
 * 4)  A person's area of authority or expertise.
 * 5)  A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
 * 1)  The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
 * 4)  A person's area of authority or expertise.
 * 5)  A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
 * 3)  A person's area of authority or expertise.
 * 4)  A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
 * 1)  A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
 * 2)  A person's area of authority or expertise.
 * 3)  A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
 * 1)  A person's area of authority or expertise.
 * 2)  A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
 * 1)  A person's area of authority or expertise.
 * 2)  A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
 * 1)  A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
 * 1)  A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
 * 1)  A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
 * 1)  A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
 * 1)  A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
 * 1)  A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
 * 1)  A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
 * 1)  A set of skills necessitated by a situation.
 * 1)  A set of skills necessitated by a situation.

Translations

 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hjulbue


 * Bulgarian: ру́бка
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: kormidelna
 * Danish: styrehus,
 * Dutch: stuurhuis,
 * Finnish: ohjaushytti
 * French:
 * German: Ruderhaus,
 * Hungarian: kormányosfülke
 * Icelandic: stýrishús
 * Igbo:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: timoniera
 * Malay: rumah kemudi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: styrehus
 * Nynorsk: styrehus, styrhus
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: casa do leme
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, рулева́я ру́бка
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: kormidelňa, kormidlovňa
 * Slovene: krmȃrnica
 * Spanish: puente de gobierno, timonera
 * Swedish: styrhytt, kommandobrygga
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: ру́бка


 * Finnish: siipirattaan suojus
 * Swedish: hjulhus