rudder port (ruder port)

See port2. rudder-post (rud'ér-post), n. Naut., in a screw ship, an after stern-post, on which the rudder is hung, abaft of the propeller. A pair of legs short and sturdy as rudder - posts . The Century , XXXIX. 225. rudder-stock (rud'ėr-stok), n . The main piece or broadest part of the rudder, attached to the stern-post by the pintles and gudgeons. rudder-tackle (rud'ér-tak"l), n. Tackle attached to the rudder-pendants. rudder-trunk (rud'er-trungk), n . A casing of wood, fitted or boxed firmly into a round hole called the port, through which the rudder-stock is inserted.