wheelhouse

[hweel-hous, weel-] /ˈʰwilˌhaʊs, ˈwil-/
noun, plural wheelhouses
[hweel-hou-ziz, weel-] /ˈʰwilˌhaʊ zɪz, ˈwil-/ (Show IPA)
1.
pilothouse.
Idioms
2.
in one’s wheelhouse,
  1. Baseball. (of a pitch) within the zone that is most advantageous for a batter to hit a home run.
  2. within one’s area of expertise or interest:
    There are some subjects that are in your wheelhouse and some that are not.
3.
in the same wheelhouse, very similar and usually in the same category:
The two folk singers are in the same wheelhouse.
Origin
1805-15; wheel + house
Examples from the web for wheelhouse
  • The suggester plugged up the raceway and made a vent in the wheelhouse that provided the needed additional fresh air.
  • Nets of recently harvested marine sponges are drying on the top of the boat's wheelhouse.
  • The fieldwork recorded the vessel's features including its intact wooden hull, wheelhouse and trawl winch.
  • Freshly caught tuna hung from the mast and hundreds of green drinking coconuts filled the deck and wheelhouse.
  • The waves broke out the wheelhouse windows, damaged electronic systems and knocked out the ship's primary steering system.
  • The vessel's wheelhouse has unusual small rectangular windows.
British Dictionary definitions for wheelhouse

wheelhouse

/ˈwiːlˌhaʊs/
noun
1.
another term for pilot house
Word Origin and History for wheelhouse
n.

1835, "structure enclosing a large wheel," especially one over the steering wheel of a steamboat, thus "pilot house;" from wheel (n.) + house (n.). Baseball slang sense of "a hitter's power zone" attested by 1990.

Slang definitions & phrases for wheelhouse

wheelhouse

noun

A batter's preferred hitting zone over the plate; kitchen

[1959+ Baseball; probably fr the controlling prominence of the wheelhouse on a riverboat or a ship]