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Binnacle

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bin=na=cle

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Binnacle has 1 sense

binnacle(n = noun.artifact) Array - a nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm); Array

is a kind of

housing

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Binnacle, 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.].

A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night. Totten. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Binnacle, n. a built-in housing for a ship's compass.

Etymology

earlier bittacle, ult. f. L habitaculum habitation f. habitare inhabit

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