binnacle

  1. Noun.  (nautical) The wooden housing for a ship's compass, with its corrector magnets and illuminating arrangements; the log and other equipment for measuring the ship's speed is also stowed there.
  2. Noun.  The instrument cluster on a car or motorcycle.

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