steering wheel

Naut.: A wheel by which a rudder is turned through the medium of a tiller-rope winding on the axis of the wheel. *steër-le , *stere-les, *ster-les, a. [Eng. steer (2), s.; -le .] Without a rudder or helm. (Chaucer: C. T., 4,859.) steër-ling, s. [Eng. steer (1), s.; dim in. suff. -ling.] A young steer or bullock. "While I with grateful care one steerling feed." Francis: Horace; Odes iv. 2.