Rudder

rud′ėr, n. the instrument by which a ship is rowed or steered, its primitive form an oar working at the stern: that which guides anything: a bird's tail-feather.— ns. Rudd′er-band , a gearing with which the rudder is braced when the ship is at anchor; Rudd′er-brace , a strap to receive a pintle of the rudder; Rudd′er-brake , a compre or for controlling the rudder in a seaway; Rudd′er-chain , a strong chain often shackled to the after-part of a rudder to prevent its lo ; Rudd′er-coat , a covering of tarred canvas used to prevent water rushing in at the rudder-hole; Rudd′er-fish , the pilot-fish: the amber-fish: the barrel-fish.— adj. Rudd′erle , having no rudder.— ns. Rudd′er-post , the shank of a rudder, having the blade at one end and the attachments at the other; Rudd′er-stock , the blade of the rudder, connected by hinges with the sternpost of a ve el; Rudd′er-trunk , a casing of wood fitted into the post, through which the rudder-stock is inserted; Rudd′er-wheel , a small wheel at the end of a plough helping to guide it. [A.S. róther ; Ger. ruder , an oar.]