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tiller

1

[ til-er ]

noun

  1. a person who tills; farmer.
  2. a person or thing that tills; cultivator.


tiller

2

[ til-er ]

noun

Nautical.
  1. a bar or lever fitted to the head of a rudder, for turning the rudder in steering.

tiller

3

[ til-er ]

noun

  1. a plant shoot that springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk.
  2. a sapling.

verb (used without object)

  1. (of a plant) to put forth new shoots from the root or around the bottom of the original stalk.

tiller

1

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. nautical a handle fixed to the top of a rudderpost to serve as a lever in steering it
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tiller

2

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. a shoot that arises from the base of the stem in grasses
  2. a less common name for sapling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr (of a plant) to produce tillers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈپ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • پİ· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tiller1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English tiller(e), tiliere; till 2, -er 1

Origin of tiller2

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English teler, telor, tiler(e) “the stock of a crossbow or firearm; tiller (for a boat),” from Old French telier, teiler “weaver's beam,” from Medieval Latin ŧܳ, equivalent to Latin ŧ() “cloth being woven on a loom; loom; plan, design” + -ary

Origin of tiller3

First recorded before 1000; Old English telgor, tealgor “twig, shoot,” (not recorded in Middle English ); akin to Old English telga “branch, bough,” Old Norse tjalga “twig, branch,” Dutch telg
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tiller1

C14: from Anglo-French teiler beam of a loom, from Medieval Latin ŧܳ, from Latin ŧ web

Origin of tiller2

Old English telgor twig; related to Icelandic tjalga branch
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"In face of setbacks, it requires a steady hand on the tiller and the vision to see the bigger picture", says Dr Barber, saying that knee-jerk responses to failures could "cause damage and delay".

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"The Welsh government's hand was on the tiller and they should have made sure that this had been dealt with much more effectively and much more swiftly."

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It would have worked if supply and demand were holding the tiller.

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“All of our greatest moments from the past 20 years have come with Adrian’s hand on the technical tiller,” Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said.

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The captain managed to use the nose wheel tiller to keep the plane near the runway centerline until the pedals unstuck.

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