tiller
tiller (til′ər)
noun
a bar or handle for turning a boat's rudder
Etymology: ME tiler, stock of a crossbow < OFr telier, weaver's beam < ML telarium < L tela, web (see toil): naut. sense prob. infl. by ME tillen, to reach
tiller (til′ər)
noun
a person or machine that tills the soil
tiller (til′ər)
noun
a shoot growing from the base of the stem of a plant
Etymology: < OE telgor (extension of telga, a branch, bough, shoot)
intransitive verb
to send forth tillers
Converse of object
- hold: Holding the tiller can also give you more stability.
- take: The gig was lowered and manned by Flynn and Jem, the skipper himself taking the tiller, and off they went in pursuit.
- have: Firstly, you can have a tiller installed in the place of the wheel.
- produce: Under frequent cutting, common bent produces small tillers close to the ground.
- use: Many veteran cars use a tiller rather than a wheel for steering, for example, and most operated at a single speed.
- push: Slowly I edged the nose to the bank, then pushed the tiller hard over to bring the stern in.
Converse of subject
- steer: Many of the early cars were two seaters, steered by a tiller, not a wheel.
Adjective modifier
- adjustable: Easily adjustable tiller, 4-position seat, and top speed of 4mph make it the ideal choice.
- new: The leafy shoots survive the winter and new tillers appear between the old shoots as the weather turns mild.
Modifies a noun
- steering: Other features included a padded seat and tiller steering.
- rope: Older shells have short wooden handles ( knockers ) on the tiller ropes.
- extension: I have seen several broken tiller extensions this year - all caused by failure of the rubber flexible joint.
- arm: They all carry the standard pair of steering oars at the stern some of which appear to have a tiller arm.
- attachment: I also bought the tiller attachment for my Ryobi brushcutter.
- bar: I wrote the final check, Alf adjusted the length of the tiller bar & we said farewell to Alf & co.
Noun used with modifier
- power: In future, the Bank might want to consider leasing complementary items, for example, a trolley along with a power tiller.
- brass: A brass serpent tiller was fixed to the rudder.
- carbon: Thus, neither carbon tillers, nor tillers bonded to the head of the rudder, nor laminated rudders conform to the new rules.
Preposition: of
Browse dictionary entries near tiller
- Tillich
- tillite
- Tilly
- Tilsit (cheese)
- tilt
- tilt hammer
- tilt-rotor
- tilt-top
- tilth
- tiltmeter
