chart house

noun

, Nautical.

1. a room or deckhouse for storing and working with charts, navigational instruments, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chart house¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

After a long scrutiny of sky and sea, and a tap at the mercurial barometer hanging in the chart-house, he spoke to the mate.

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I reached the ladder to the bridge just as the captain came out of the chart house.

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Mr. Shannon and two of the younger officers were killed by the explosion that wrecked the bridge and chart house.

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And a minute later Frobisher found himself ducking his head in order to get in through the low chart-house door-way.

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So I made up an excuse and sent him off to the chart-house for a pair of dividers (which I didn't want), and away he went.

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