OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16608

helm

/hɛlm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
timón
The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
Ye this is both helme & stern of al together: & that which they contended right sore to impugn, but loue of the truth, wherwith in this poynte I reckened me wel fēsed, wold not suf…
timonel
The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
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