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rudder
English
Etymology
From Middle English rodder, rother, ruder, from Old English r?þor (“oar, rudder”), from Proto-West Germanic *r?þr, from Proto-Germanic *r?þr? (“oar, rudder”) (compare Dutch and West Frisian roer, German Ruder), from Proto-Germanic *r?an?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?reh?- (“to row”) + Proto-Germanic *-þr?, *-þraz, instrumental suffix. Akin to Old English r?wan (“to row”). More at r?wan, -þor.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???d?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /???d?/
- Rhymes: -?d?(r)
Noun
rudder (plural rudders)
- (nautical) An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).
- (aeronautics) A control surface on the vertical stabilizer of a fixed-wing aircraft or an autogyro. On some craft, the entire vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder. The rudder is controlled by foot-operated control pedals.
- A riddle or sieve.
- (figuratively) That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.
- Hudibras
- For rhyme the rudder is of verses.
- Hudibras
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See also
- tiller
Middle English
Noun
rudder
- Alternative form of rother (“bovine”)
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rudderstock
English
Etymology
rudder +? stock
Noun
rudderstock (plural rudderstocks)
- (nautical) The main part or blade of the rudder, which is connected by hinges, or similarly, with the sternpost of a vessel.
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