different between logs vs binnacle

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l??z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /l??z/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /l??z/
• Rhymes: -??z

Noun

logs

1. plural of log

Verb

logs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of log

Anagrams

• Glos, Glos., slog

Latvian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Baltic *lang-, from a variant *leng-, *lang- of Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”) (whence also Latvian liekt (“to bend”), q.v.). According to this hypothesis, the meaning probably evolved from “circle” > “dint” > “hole”, whence “window”. This agrees with the fact that the oldest windows in Northern Europe were actually round holes on the roof for smoke to go out and light to come in which were covered when the weather was cold. Note how in some neighboring languages the word for “window” is related to the word for “eye”, as in Russian ????? (oknó, “window”), ???? (óko, “eye (poetic)”). Cognates include Lithuanian lángas, Old Prussian lanxto (= lanksto < langsto). Other (minoritary) opinions compare logs to Sanskrit ?????? (lak?ate, “to notice, to note”), Old English locian (“to look”), English look, or then derive it from Proto-Indo-European *leng- (“to swing, to flap”) (perhaps because in ancient times windows were covered with animal skins which swung or flapped in the wind).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [luôks]

Noun

logs m (1st declension)

1. window (opening in building or vehicle)

Declension

References

Volapük

Noun

logs

1. plural of log

English

Etymology

Corruption of earlier bittacle, from French habitacle. Or from obsolete Spanish or Portuguese bitácula, both from Late Latin habit?culum (“little dwelling place”). Compare modern Spanish bitácora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?n?k?l/

Noun

binnacle (plural binnacles)

1. (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 are also stowed there.
2. The instrument cluster on a car or motorcycle.

Translations

Further reading

• binnacle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References