binnacle 1
/bin"euh keuhl/ , n. Naut.
a stand or enclosure of wood or nonmagnetic metal for supporting and housing a compass.
[ 1615-25; BIN + ( bitt ) acle (late ME bitakille )
bitacola habitaculum lodge, equiv. to habita- (see INHABIT) + -culum -CULE 2 ]
binnacle 2
/bin"euh keuhl/ , New York State Older Use.
a side branch of a river; millrace.
[ 1855-60, Amer.; prob. folk-etymological sp. of New York D *binnekil, equiv. to D binne ( n ) inner, interior (see BEN 1 ) + kil channel; see KILL 2 ]