rudder
See also: Rudder
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English rodder, rother, ruder, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English rōþor (“oar, rudder”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *rōþrą (“oar, rudder”) (compare Dutch and West Frisian roer, German Ruder), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *rōaną, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”) + (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *-þrą, *-þraz, instrumental suffix. Akin to Old English rōwan (“to row”). More at rōwan, -þor.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌdə(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.
- (figurative) 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
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
underwater vane used to steer a vessel
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control surface of an aircraft
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See also
Middle English
Noun
rudder
- Alternative form of rother (“bovine”)
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