Tiller
WordNet
noun
(1) A farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
(2) Lever used to turn the rudder on a boat
(3) Someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
(4) A shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
verb
(5) Grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
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Noun
Etymology 2
Anglo-Norman telier ‘beam used in weaving’, from mediaeval Latin telarium, from Latin tela ‘web’.
Noun
- The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.
- 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).
- Part of the rudder the helm 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.
- A handle; a stalk.