tiller
/หtษชlษ/IPA: /T IH1 L ER0/
- 1
A person who tills; a farmer.
- 2
A machine that mechanically tills the soil.
Synonyms
- 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.
- 1
To produce new shoots from the root or from around the bottom of the original stalk; stool.
- 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.
- 4
A handle; a stalk.
- 5
The rear-wheel steering control, aboard a tiller truck.
- 6
A small drawer; a till.
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