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noun Nautical.
a bar or lever fitted to the head of a rudder, for turning the rudder in steering.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Anglo-French teiler weaver's beam; Old French teilier < Medieval Latin tēlārium, equivalent to Latin tēl(a) warp + -ārium -ary
1375–1425; late Middle English < Anglo-French teiler weaver's beam; Old French teilier < Medieval Latin tēlārium, equivalent to Latin tēl(a) warp + -ārium -ary
Related forms
till·er·less, adjective
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verb (used without object)
3.
(of a plant) to put forth new shoots from the root or around the bottom of the original stalk.
Origin:
before 1000; Old English telgor twig, shoot (not recorded in ME); akin to telge rod, Old Norse tjalga branch, telgja to cut
before 1000; Old English telgor twig, shoot (not recorded in ME); akin to telge rod, Old Norse tjalga branch, telgja to cut
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till2 (tɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to cultivate and work (land) for the raising of crops |
| 2. | another word for plough |
| [Old English tilian to try, obtain; related to Old Frisian tilia to obtain, Old Saxon tilōn to obtain, Old High German zilōn to hasten towards] | |
| 'tillable2 | |
| —adj | |
| 'tiller2 | |
| —n | |
| tiller1 (ˈtɪlə) | |
| —n | |
| nautical a handle fixed to the top of a rudderpost to serve as a lever in steering it | |
| [C14: from Anglo-French teiler beam of a loom, from Medieval Latin tēlārium, from Latin tēla web] | |
| 'tillerless1 | |
| —adj | |
| tiller2 (ˈtɪlə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a shoot that arises from the base of the stem in grasses |
| 2. | a less common name for sapling |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (intr) (of a plant) to produce tillers |
| [Old English telgor twig; related to Icelandic tjalga branch] | |
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Word Origin & History
tiller
mid-14c., "stock of a crossbow," from O.Fr. telier "stock of a crossbow" (c.1200), originally "weaver's beam," from M.L. telarium, from L. tela "web, loom," from PIE *teks-la-, from base *teks- "to weave" (see texture). Meaning "bar to turn the rudder of a boat" first recorded 1620s.
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Example sentences
Awesome that even larger ships crossed oceans, and sailed the world, with tiller in hand.
The same sensor is used on a boat to shine a beam off the tiller bar, using the reflection to measure the angle of the rudder.
Each tiller has a head, or panicle, that actually produces the grains of rice.
They navigate easily through locks and aqueducts steered by a tiller.
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