tiller

/หˆtษชlษ™/

IPA: /T IH1 L ER0/

noun
  1. 1

    A person who tills; a farmer.

  2. 2

    A machine that mechanically tills the soil.

Synonyms

noun
  1. 1

    A young tree.

  2. 2

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

verb
  1. 1

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

noun
  1. 1

    The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.

  2. 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. 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.

  4. 4

    A handle; a stalk.

  5. 5

    The rear-wheel steering control, aboard a tiller truck.

  6. 6

    A small drawer; a till.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tiller