Tiller

Part of speech: noun (n.)

One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker.

2. A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.

3. A young timber tree. [Prov. Eng.] Evelyn.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1.

2. The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself. [Obs.] You can shoot in a tiller. Beau. & Fl.

3. The handle of anything. [Prov. Eng.]

4. A small drawer; a till. Dryden. Tiller rope (Naut.), a rope for turning a tiller. In a large vessel it forms the connection between the fore end of the tiller and the steering wheel.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering. [Sometimes written tillow.]