helm

4 letters in word "helm": E H L M.

No anagrams for helm found in this word list.

Words found within helm:

eh el elm em he hem hm me mel

• Definitions:
• steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered a position of leadership; "the President is at the helm of the Ship of State"
• Helm, The Watcher, is a god in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
• The part of a coat of arms which bears the crest.
• The tiller or wheel used to steer the vessel.
• The wheel or tiller controlling the rudder
• The steering wheel.
• A wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered.
• The handle that provides control of the rudder. On the Lady Washington, this corresponds to the tiller; on other vessels it could be the ship's wheel.
• the instrument by which the ship is steered, and includes both the wheel and the tiller, as one general term.
• The helm of a ship is a-lee when put over to the lee side. The opposite of a -weather.
• The tiller. The entire steering gear of the the boat (the tiller, tiller extension, rudder and fittings). The directional control of a boat (eg 'she's very light on the helm' or 'she has quite a weather helm') The person steering the boat (see also Helmsman).
• Mechanical equipment used to turn the rudder.
• Commonly the ship's steering wheel, but more correctly the entire steering apparatus consisting of the wheel and rudder and their connecting cables or hydraulic systems.
• The tiller or wheel which controls the rudder and enables a vessel to be steered.
• Deriving from the helmets worn in battle, the stylized helm sometimes signifies the rank of the person whose arms it accompanies. [See Crowns, Helmets, Chaplets & Chapeaux]
• From the end of the twelfth century the word was confined to the great close calque which then came into use.
• The ship's wheel or tiller which steers the ship by turning its rudder.
• the tiller or wheel, and surrounding area
• The steering station of a yacht; the tiller or wheel by which the rudder is controlled.
• A tiller or a wheel generally installed on the bridge or wheelhouse of a ship to turn the rudder during maneuvering and navigation. It is in fact the steering wheel of the ship. HOISTING ROPE
• The wheel or tiller that is held to steer the boat. The person steering is the helmsperson. If the boat is not answering the helm - who knows where we will end up.
• 1) The steering wheel or tiller. 2) the steerer or helmsman. 3) The pull on the wheel or tiller. Weather helm (sometimes simply helm) is the tendency to round up into the wind when the tiller or wheel is released. Lee helm is the tendency to head off. See balance.

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