1. An enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated
   "The captain steered the ship from the wheelhouse";
   - pilothouse
    
2. One's area of interest or expertise
   "as the campaign swings to the south, that should be right in his wheelhouse"
    
3. [informal] A person's area of expertise or comfort
   "Financial analysis is right in her wheelhouse"
    
4. (baseball) the zone in which a batter swings with the most power and effectiveness
   "The pitcher threw right into the batter's wheelhouse"

Derived forms: wheelhouses

Type of: area, compartment

Part of: bridge, bridge deck

Encyclopedia: Wheelhouse, Paul