a handle bar fixed to the top of the rudder which allows it to be turned side to side manually to steer the ship.

Wooden or metal beam attached to the rudder post of a craft for steering.

"The horizontal bar joined at one end to the head of the rudder and providing the lever with which the rudder is moved." (Uden & Cooper)

lever used to turn the rudder on a boat

an acquired taste on a boat this big, but at least it can be said that on a serious ocean cruising boat manual steering is so rare that the method doesn't matter that much

guides the boat

The stick that the boat is steered with as opposed to a wheel

An arm of wood or metal fitted to the head of the rudder stock through which steering leverage is transmitted either from the steering linkage, or directly by the helmsman on smaller vessels.

A handle, usually made from a long stick, that attaches to the top of the rudder and is used to steer a boat.

a lever attached to the head of rudder for controlling the position of rudder to effect steering

Traditionally the piece of wood the helmsman holds to control the rudder. Now it can be made of aluminum, titanium or a composite material in order to save weight.

A bar or handle for turning a boat's rudder or an outboard motor. TOPSIDES - The sides of a vessel between the waterline and the deck; sometimes referring to onto or above the deck.

A spar attached to the rudder by the rudder head, used to control the direction of the boat. Another possibility for steering mechanism is a steering wheel.

A handle attached to the rudder and used by the skipper to control steering.

A metal bar or wooden handle attached to the top of the rudder to steer a yacht. If, for example, the helmsman wants to steer to starboard, he/she pushes the tiller to port. Large yachts usually use a wheel instead of a tiller, some even have twin steering wheels.

The handle used to control the rudder.

controls the rudder and is used for steering

A bar connected to the rudder and used to steer the boat.

The stick or tube attached to the top of a rudder and used to turn it.

A lever, often removable, that connects to the boat's rudder via an "S" shaped bar aptly called a Swan's Neck. Pushing the tiller to right turns the boat to the left and vice versa. The tiller is secured to the Swan's Neck with a "tiller pin".

The large lever used to move the steering rudder. Large ships have a wheel that turns the ruddern into the correct position mechanically.

Lever used to turn a rudder to steer a boat

A type of ladder truck with a second cab at the rear of the truck where a firefighter will steer the rear wheels. Because tiller trucks can steer in the front and the back, they are able to navigate turns that other ladder trucks could not. Our neighbors in Little Rock currently have two companies using tillered apparatus -- Truck Company 1 downtown and Truck Company 7 near University Medical Center.

The on-deck extension of the ruddersail used to move the ruddersail and thus steer the ship.

An arm, attached to rudder stock, which turns the rudder.

Steering arm attached to the rudder.

An arm attached to the top of the rudder to steer a small boat. If the helmsman wants to steer to starboard, he pushes the tiller to port. Larger boats usually use a wheel instead of a tiller.

A tiller or till is a lever attached to a rudder post (American terminology) or rudder stock (English terminology) of a boat in order to provide the leverage for the helmsman to turn the rudder. The tiller is normally used by the helmsman directly pulling or pushing it, but it may also be moved remotely using tiller lines.

The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself.

A single shoot of a cereal plant. In maize it usually refers to the secondary tillers off the main shoot.

Strictly a secondary flowering/seedbearing stalk in wheat or other cereal plant. Desirable in that the plant produces a greater number of seeds per seed planted. The term is sometimes used loosely to refer to any, including the primary, flowering stalk.

This is the measurement between the string and the top of riser and the bottom of riser. This measurement should be the same at the top as it is at the bottom of the riser.

A vegetative branch of the rice plant composed of roots, culm, and leaves which may or may not develop a panicle. Shoot arising from the main culm (stem).

n. (OE. telgor, telgra, branch, twig, shoot) sprout, stalk, especially one from the base of a plant or from the axils of its lower leaves.

The balance between the upper and lower limbs, measured from the base of the limb to the string. Adjustable on most modern Recurve and Compound bows.

a shoot, arising form the base of a plant, which produces another plant. References Brown, Lauren, 1985. Grasslands. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Publishing, New York. Gilmore, M. R., 1977. Uses of Plants by Indians of the Missouri R. Region. U. of Neb. Press, Lincoln, NE. Hatch, Shephen and J. Stubbendieck and C. Butterfield, 1991. North American Range Plants. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. Johnson, James and James Nichols, 1982. Plants of South Dakota Grasslands. SDSU, Brookings, SD. Looman, Jan, 1982. Prairie grasses, Pub. 1413. Canadian Government Publ. Centre, Ottawa, Canada. USDA Forest Service, 1988. Range Plant Handbook. Dover Publications, Inc., New York, NY.

A sprout or stalk, especially one from the base of a plant or from the axils of its lower leaves.

A branch formed at or near ground level by grasses and sedges.

A lateral shoot that develops from the axillary bud of leaves at the base of a cereal stem.

The bowyers (bow makers) manufacturing process used to balance the forces of the limbs so they shoot correctly when the arrow is not placed in the vertical centre point of the bow.

someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)

grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers

a tool that breaks up the ground for planting and seeding, and prepares the soil in such a way that allows for more moisture absorption

The measured distance between the string and the meeting point between the limbs and riser (compound). This is used in the tuning of the bow.

To shape the limbs of an unfinished bow for even bending. The reaction of the limbs whereby the nock ends propel the arrow in a straight line by moving an equal distance in equal time to return to brace height by means of the various stresses in the top and bottom limbs with compensation for the bowhand pressure below and the arrow axis/centre line above the centre of gravity of the bow.

To measure the tiller is to measure the perpendicular distance from the bowstring to the points where the riser and limbs meet. The tiller is the difference in these two measurements.

A lateral shoot on or just under the surface of the ground.   A shoot from the base of a plant.

A shoot that arises from buds at the base of a plant.

A shoot, especially one that sprouts from the base of a grass.

A shoot or culm produced from a crown bud.

Branch or shoot originating from axillary buds at a basal node in grasses. (Also the last name of Purdue's new football coach.)

An erect, lateral shoot.

Shoot of a grass (or cereal) plant, arising from a leaf axil, normally at the base of an older tiller

These are the individual units of a grass plant. Grasses are made up of a collection of tillers, each tiller having a single stem, roots and leaves. In ryegrass tillers have a maximum of 3 growing leaves

A grass shoot produced from the base of the stem.

The distance from the string perpendicular to each limb. On a compound, loosing or tightening the adjusting bolts to will get the distance equal. On a long bow or recurve, material must be removed from the bow to give the needed distance. We hope that this has helped in some way to advance your knowledge of archery and bow hunting. As time and resources permit, we will be adding more information for you. Return archery terms.html If you have ever wanted to put up a web site to talk about your areas of interest and just thought it was just too expensive or hard, try the links below to see how easy and inexpensive it really is. Learn the proper way to write for the internet and the proven way to sell products on the internet. Learn how to have your site in the top 3 percent of all internet sites.

a shoot, arising from the base of a plant, which produces another plant. References Baumberger, R., 1977. South Dakota Rangeland Resources. Old West Regional Commission. Brown, Lauren, 1989. Grasslands. National Audubon Society. Chanticleer Press, Inc. New York. Johnson, J.R. and J.T. Nichols, 1982. Plants of South Dakota Grasslands. South Dakota State University Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 566. Lemon, Paul C., 1970. Prairie Ecosystem Boundaries in North America. Proc. Symp. on Prairie and Prairie Restoration, P. Schramm (ed.). Knox College Biol. Field Station Spec. Publ. No. 3. Rand McNally, 1985. United States, Canada and Mexico Road Atlas.

A tiller is a stem produced at the base of grass plants. Tillers are segmented, each segment possessing its own two-part leaf. They are involved in vegetative reproduction.