Definition of binnacle
1
: a housing for a ship's compass and a lamp
2
: a container for instruments in an automobile dashboard
All but the shortest drivers find unrestricted sightlines to a hooded instrument binnacle loaded with nicely legible gauges.— Daniel Charles Ross
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The first known use of binnacle was in 1622
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