Synonyms for tiller
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : til-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɪl ər |
Top 10 synonyms for tiller Other synonyms for the word tiller
- agriculturist
- agronomist
- arm
- bail
- breeder
- clodhopper
- cob
- command
- control
- controls
- country person
- crank
- cropper
- cultivator
- driver's seat
- ear
- feeder
- gardener
- gleaner
- grasp
- grazer
- haft
- handgrip
- harvester
- helm
- helve
- hilt
- hired hand
- hold
- holder
- homesteader
- horticulturist
- leadership
- planter
- plower
- Reaper
- reins
- rudder
- sharecropper
- sower
- steering wheel
- stock
- tender
- tiller
- villein
Définition of tiller
Origin :- mid-14c., "stock of a crossbow," from Old French telier "stock of a crossbow" (c.1200), originally "weaver's beam," from Medieval Latin telarium, from Latin tela "web, loom," from PIE *teks-la-, from root *teks- "to weave" (see texture). Meaning "bar to turn the rudder of a boat" first recorded 1620s.
- As in steering wheel : noun means of guiding vehicle
- As in farmer : noun person who produces crops, raises animals
- As in handle : noun something to grip
- As in helm : noun wheel
- Then he remembered the look on his master's face as he stood at the tiller.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
- In silence the man unshipped the tiller and moved toward the cleats.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Calculating the instant to a nicety, he paid off the sheet and pulled up the tiller.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Wake up Dick there, and let him take his turn at the tiller.
- Extract from : « St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. » by Various
- The bar or lever that is fixed to the top of the rudder-post is called a tiller.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- The tiller ropes were new, and he could trust them, fortunately.
- Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The rudder was in its place and so was the tiller, but they couldn't use 'em then.
- Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Mr. Phillips stood in the stern sheets, the tiller between his feet.
- Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
- "You've put me next the tiller," said one; "I'm over the boiler," screamed another.
- Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever
- Two pulled, and he whose turn it was to rest sat at the tiller.
- Extract from : « Youth » by Joseph Conrad
Antonyms for tiller
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