helmstok — meaning in English

English meaning

• helm noun The wheel or tiller used to steer a ship; more broadly, the position of control or leadership.
• tiller noun A handle attached to a boat's rudder, used to steer the boat.

Senses

helmstok is used for these senses in English:

• helm (nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
• tiller (nautical) 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.

helm — full definition

1. noun The wheel or tiller used to steer a ship; more broadly, the position of control or leadership.
2. verb To steer a vessel, or to lead or direct a project or organization.

tiller — full definition

1. noun A handle attached to a boat's rudder, used to steer the boat.
2. noun A person who tills, or cultivates, land.
3. noun A new shoot growing from the base of a plant.

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