Meanings
nouncharthouse (plural charthouses)
plural charthouses
- nauticalThe place on a (Royal Navy) ship in which the course is plotted manually on charts.
Origin
From chart + house. Piecewise doublet of cardhouse.
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charthouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/charthouse
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “charthouse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/charthouse.
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