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How to use binnacle in a sentence

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The dashboard is clean and simple in design, with all the instruments in a single binnacle directly in front of the driver.
Not only do telegraphs remain bolted to the interior decks. but so does the binnacle and steering gear.
I got the bill of health signed, but don't you forget deary-Quinn's binnacle list.
A cabin enclosing the ship's wheel, compass binnacle and a telegraph to the engine room.
I revert to being a metal wreck-diver, and the woodwork is overshadowed by the steering binnacle, telegraphs and lamp-locker.
He looked at the binnacle to check the compass, walked over to the rail and looked at the sails set.
Still remaining are the steering binnacle, though without compass or wheel, and the chart table against the rear bulkhead.
The bridge still had the ship's wheel in place, and the compass binnacle was intact.
The wheel placement, the relationship between pedals and seat, and the sighting of the instruments in the main binnacle were excellent.
The Mk II version has a permanently installed drop-leaf table forward of the binnacle.
Stepping to the binnacle, Hornblower noted the compass heading.
Watch the boost gauge on the dash binnacle swing over as the turbocharger spools up.
Twin anti-aircraft gun barrels are coated with red sponge, a compass binnacle lies broken and beheaded and another has rolled away among other debris.
Finally, a rear binnacle was provided to secure and hide the outboard propeller unit.
We cut through open remains of stern cabins, the galley and engine room, working up to the wheelhouse, where a large grouper lurks behind the remains of the steering binnacle.
The binnacle, formerly called the bittacle, is the receptacle in which the compass is mounted.
Ian Bruce, creator of the famous drifter LASER, designed the hull, while Paul Deutschman, a high-performance automobile designer, worked with the CEBC on the design of the deck and the binnacle.
This arrangement can make it unnecessary to provide a second compass for the helmsman and may allow the binnacle to be placed in a position less susceptible to magnetic disturbances.
There is generous storage up front, with a deep console box and a binnacle in front of the shifter with Hyundai's familiar, easy-access USB, iPod and auxiliary ports.
Available with flush mount or binnacle installations.
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The man at the wheel was looking down into the binnacle and Sears took her hand.
There's no air, and I noticed the binnacle alight, so it must have been nigh dark under that funnel cloud.
Refuses to take sick leave or be placed on binnacle list, saying he has important duties to perform.
He led the way to the chart on the shelf, upon which a light was cast from the binnacle.
At last he fastened his eyes on the compass card, took refuge, in spirit, inside the binnacle.
He read it by the reflected light from the binnacle, grinned amusedly, and handed it to the flag captain.
It was dark there except for the soft, yellow gleam of the binnacle lights.
If it be in the binnacle, in course the ship as carries it must be stern towards us.
With one consent we both walked aft to the binnacle and peered into it.
Belay the binnacle and part the ship's periwig abaft the main-mast!
I asked in a deadened voice, taking the lighted lamp out of the binnacle, and raising it to his face.
He darted a look into the binnacle and took a hurried compass bearing of the sounds Jerry was making.
There are the sidelights, the binnacle light, and the anchor light.
At last he turned onto the bridge and moved toward the binnacle light.
The coat was hanging from the nail, within six inches of the binnacle.
He put his head under his wing where he sat on the binnacle.
The captain opened the binnacle, and headed the Blanchita to the north.
As soon as I had changed my clothes I went up on to the platform, and, a prey to conflicting emotions, I sat down near the binnacle.
Konig, surreptitiously consulting chart and binnacle, and McCoy, openly and innocently consulting the binnacle, knew that they were running for Hao Island.
But Louis took and gave a spoke and gazed imperturbably into the binnacle.
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