Definitions for "Binnacle"
Keywords:  compass, pedestal, helmsman, helm, deck
A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night.
The frame or box near the helm that contains the compass.
A wooden case or box, which contained compasses, log-glasses, watch-glasses and lights to show the compass at night. There were always two binnacles on the deck of a ship of war, one being designed for the man who steered, the other for the person who superintended the steerage, whose office was called conning.
Keywords:  bitt, rigging, navigation
Navigation Bitt Rigging
Box-like housing containing instruments or controls that projects from the instrument panel towards the driver.
Housing for instruments ie speedometer, fuel and temperature gauges etc.
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