Associations to the word «Tiller»

TILLER, noun. A person who tills; a farmer.

TILLER, noun. A machine that mechanically tills the soil.

TILLER, noun. (obsolete) A young tree.

TILLER, noun. A shoot of a plant which springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sapling; a sucker.

TILLER, verb. (intransitive) To put forth new shoots from the root or from around the bottom of the original stalk; stool.

TILLER, noun. (archery) The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.

TILLER, noun. (nautical) A bar of iron or wood connected with the rudderhead and leadline, usually forward, in which the rudder is moved as desired by the tiller (FM 55-501).

TILLER, noun. (nautical) The handle of the rudder which the helmsman holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.

TILLER, noun. A handle; a stalk.

TILLER, noun. (UK) (dialect) (obsolete) A small drawer; a till.

TILLER EXTENSION, noun. (nautical) An attachment to the tiller that enables the helmsman to steer from further forward on the boat.

TILLER, noun. A shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass.

TILLER, noun. Someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops).

TILLER, noun. Lever used to turn the rudder on a boat.

TILLER, noun. A farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture).

TILLER, verb. Grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers.