unruddered
ər noun
1.
Nautical. a vertical blade at the stern of a vessel that can be turned horizontally to change the vessel's direction when in motion.
2.
Aeronautics. a movable control surface attached to a vertical stabilizer, located at the rear of an airplane and used, along with the ailerons, to turn the airplane.
3.
any means of or device for governing, directing, or guiding a course, as a leader or principle: His ideas provided a rudder for the new company.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English rodder, rother, ruder, Old English rōther; cognate with Old Frisian rōther, Middle Dutch rōder (Dutch roer), Old High German ruodar (German Ruder); akin to row2
before 900; Middle English rodder, rother, ruder, Old English rōther; cognate with Old Frisian rōther, Middle Dutch rōder (Dutch roer), Old High German ruodar (German Ruder); akin to row2
Related forms
rud·dered, adjective
rud·der·less, adjective
rud·der·like, adjective
un·rud·dered, adjective
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| —n | |
| 1. | nautical a pivoted vertical vane that projects into the water at the stern of a vessel and can be controlled by a tiller, wheel, or other apparatus to steer the vessel |
| 2. | a vertical control surface attached to the rear of the fin used to steer an aircraft, in conjunction with the ailerons |
| 3. | anything that guides or directs |
| [Old English rōther; related to Old French rōther, Old High German ruodar, Old Norse rōthr. See | |
| 'rudderless | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
rudder
O.E. roðor "paddle, oar," from P.Gmc. *rothru- (cf. O.Fris. roder, M.L.G. roder, M.Du. roeder, Du. roer, O.H.G. ruodar, Ger. Ruder "oar"), from *ro- "steer" (see row (2)) + suffix -þra, used to form neutral names of tools. Meaning "broad, flat piece of wood attached to the stern of a boat and
used for steering" is from c.1300. Spelling with -d- for -th- first recorded 1440.
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