Definition of "tiller" []

• One that tills land: a tiller of soil. (noun)
• Nautical A lever used to turn a rudder and steer a boat. (noun)
• A shoot, especially one that sprouts from the base of a grass. (noun)
• To send forth shoots from the base. Used of a grass. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Your steady hand on the tiller is very much missed -- it's an ill wind that is not a Chetwynd!"
• "Assuming that your question is not rhetorical: a tiller is the "stick" you use on a sailboat to control the rudder and steer the boat."
• "The tiller is a tool to cultivate and prepare the soil."