See Also: rudder(medicine)
rudder(dictionary)
rudder(dictionary)
Air Rudder - Powerboating(gambling)
Rudder - Sailing(gambling)
Kitchen rudder(dictionary)
Rudder Cable - Rowing(gambling)
Rudder Post - Sailing(gambling)

rudder (iou)



rudder noun & verb.
[Old English roTer = Old Frisian rother, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch roder (Dutch roer), Old High German ruodar (German Ruder), from West Germanic, rel. to ROW verb1.]
A. noun.
A paddle; an oar. OE-E17.
A broad flat piece of wood or metal, hinged vertically to the stern of a boat or ship and pivoted by means of a tiller or wheel to steer the vessel. ME.
b. A similar device used to steer an aircraft; now esp. a vertical aerofoil pivoted on its leading edge from the tailplane by means of a pedal or bar. E19.
c. The use of a rudder; the extent to which a rudder is or may be turned. E20.
D. Garnett I overbanked and didn't use enough rudder.
fig. A person who or thing which guides or directs; a guiding principle or rule. LME.
Brewing. A paddle for stirring malt in a mash-tub. LME.
The tail of an otter. E20.
Comb.: rudder-bar a foot-operated bar which controls an aircraft rudder; rudder-bird, rudder-duck = RUDDY duck. rudder-fish (chiefly US) any of various perciform marine fishes which often follow vessels; esp. (a) a fish of the sea chub family Kyphosidae, esp. Kyphosus sectatrix; (b) the pilot-fish, Naucrates ductor; (c) any of several stromateoid fishes, esp. the barrel-fish (more fully black rudder-fish) and the medusa-fish (more fully brown rudder-fish); (d) (in full banded rudder-fish) a bluish carangid fish, Seriola zonata.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Steer by means of a rudder. M19.
N. Shute He glanced quickly at the cruiser to check the direction, ruddering slightly to maintain his course. C. A. Lindbergh I rudder the Spirit of St. Louis back on course.
ruddered adjective provided with a rudder; steered by means of a rudder: M19.
rudderless adjective E17.