Rudder 1


Rudder 1 : A flat piece or structure of wood or metal attached upright to the sternpost (or in single screw-vessels, to the rudder post) of a vessel by hinges, or pintles and gudgeons, so that it can be turned, as by a tiller, causing the vessel's head to turn in the same direction, because of the resistance offered to the water by he rudder. (Maritime)
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