wheelhouse /ˈwiːlˌhaʊs/ noun8 •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.He looked aft just before going back into the wheelhouse. — 1989 •(US, figurative) A person's area of authority or expertise.Horse viruses are in Pat’s wheelhouse. •(US, figurative) A set of skills necessitated by a situation.Ever since I started taking antipsychotics, managing my mental health has been a whole different wheelhouse. •(US, Canada) A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.The pitch was right in his wheelhouse, and he hit a grand slam. •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. •The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.The Eureka broke an arm in her larboard wheel[-]house with a tremendous crash, tearing the whole structure away. She crawled back to the city to refit.—Journal Com. April 10. — 1845 •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. formswheelhouses
