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tiller

/ˈtɪlə/ noun

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noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about tiller at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A person who tills; a farmer.
  2. A machine that mechanically tills the soil.

noun

  1. A young tree.
  2. A shoot of a plant which springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sapling; a sucker.

verb

  1. To produce new shoots from the root or from around the bottom of the original stalk; stool.

noun

  1. The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.
  2. A bar of iron or wood connected with the rudderhead and leadline, usually forward, in which the rudder is moved as desired by the tiller (FM 55-501).
  3. The handle of the rudder which the helmsman holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.

Origin

From Middle English tilier; equivalent to till + -er.

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