Wheelhouse or Wheel-house may refer to:

Architecture

Wheelhouse (archaeology) In archaeology, a wheelhouse is a prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland. The term was first coined after the discovery of a ruined mound in 1855. The distinctive architectural form related to the complex roundhouses constitu ...

, a prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland * A building or portion of a building that contains a

water wheel A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists of a wheel (usually constructed from wood or metal), with a number of blades or buckets ...

** Radstube, a building or underground chamber in a mine housing a water wheel

Transport on water

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, also known as a pilothouse, the location of the

ship's wheel A ship's wheel or boat's wheel is a device used aboard a water vessel to steer that vessel and control its course. Together with the rest of the steering mechanism, it forms part of the helm. It is connected to a mechanical, electric servo, or h ...

of a boat or ship * The covering or housing of a

paddle wheel A paddle wheel is a form of waterwheel or impeller in which a number of paddles are set around the periphery of the wheel. It has several uses, of which some are: * Very low-lift water pumping, such as flooding paddy fields at no more than about ...

in a paddle steamer also known as the paddle-box

Transport on land

* Wheelhouse or

wheel well Fender is the American English term for the part of an automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle body that frames a wheel well (the fender underside). Its primary purpose is to prevent sand, mud, rocks, liquids, and other road spray from being thr ...

, the part of a vehicle body surrounding one of the wheels, typically a fender or a smaller part attached to the inner surface of the fender * A

turntable (rail) In rail terminology, a railway turntable or wheelhouse is a device for turning railway rolling stock, usually locomotives, so that they can be moved back in the direction from which they came. Naturally, it is especially used in areas where ec ...

-like device which allows wagons to switch tracks

Sport

* In baseball jargon: The sweet spot of a baseball player's strike zone where the most power and strength can be utilized * An English language idiom derived from the baseball jargon, meaning area of knowledge

Music

* ''Wheelhouse'' (album), a 2013 album by Brad Paisley * Wheelhouse Records, an imprint of

BBR Music Group BBR Music Group (formerly Broken Bow Records) is an American record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in July 1999 by Benny Brown, the label specializes in country music. The label's executive vice president is Jon Loba. Craig Morgan ...

Other uses

* Wheelhouse (surname) * '' Wheelhouse Magazine'', an online progressive arts and politics magazine *

Wheelhouse Maritime Museum The Wheelhouse Maritime Museum (WMM) was a maritime museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It opened officially on Monday, February 1, 1965, by the Underwater Society of Ottawa. (See also https://sites.google.com/view/underwater-society-of-ottawa/home ...

, museum run by the Underwater Society of Ottawa {{disambiguation