binnacle

Definitions

1. The wooden housing for a ship's compass, with its corrector magnets and illuminating arrangements.
2. The instrument cluster on a car or motorcycle.

Equivalents

Examples

“The lamp, or candle, which lights the binnacle, is placed in the cabin, of course the expence of one light⟳ is saved, and all the inconveniences of blowing out in a squally night, and likewise the trouble⟳ of trimming the lamp, are avoided.”

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