See Also: tiller(medicine)
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tiller(2) (iou)



tiller noun2. LME.
[Anglo-Norman telier weaver's beam from medieval Latin telarium from Latin tela web: see -ER2.]
Archery. In a wooden crossbow: a beam grooved to hold the arrow or drilled for the bolt; the stock. In a longbow: the place on the limb which is the actual point of balance of forces of the bow. LME.
b. A device made of a straight piece of wood with a notch at one end and notches on the upper side in which a bow is placed and drawn so as to bend the bow and balance it. Cf. tillering. M16.
c. A stock or shaft fixed to a longbow to enable it to be used as a crossbow and to provide greater convenience or precision of aim. Also, a bow fitted with such a tiller. L16-L17.
Nautical. A horizontal bar attached to the head of a vessel's rudder, acting as a lever by which the rudder is moved for steering. LME.
Comb.: tiller-chain Nautical: serving the same purpose as a tiller-rope; tiller-head Nautical the extremity of the tiller to which are secured the two ends of the tiller-rope or tiller-chain; tiller-lines Nautical two lines or ropes fastened each to one arm of the tiller in a vessel; tillerman US a fire-fighter who controls the rear portion of a long ladder-truck; tiller-rope Nautical (a) a rope connecting the tiller-head with the drum or barrel of a vessel's steering-gear; (b) a rope leading from the tiller-head to each side of the deck, to assist in steering in rough weather; (c) in pl., = tiller-lines above; tiller soup Nautical slang the wielding of a tiller as a threat by the coxswain to encourage a crew.
tillering noun (Archery) the putting of a bow on a tiller to stretch or bend, and thus balance, the bow M16.
tillerless adjective (rare) L19.