pilothouse

noun

Etymology: From pilot + house.

1. A wheelhouse.

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

   “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.