binnacle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: binnacle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for binnacle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
binnacle n a nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Binnacle \Bin"na*cle\, n. [For bittacle, corrupted (perh. by influence of bin) fr. Pg. bitacola binnacle, fr. L. habitaculum dwelling place, fr. habitare to dwell. See {Habit}, and cf. {Bittacle}.] (Naut.) A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night. --Totten.