rud·der

(rŭd′ər)

a. A vertically hinged plate of metal, fiberglass, or wood mounted at the stern of a ship or boat for directing its course.

b. A similar structure at the tail of an aircraft, used for effecting horizontal changes in course.

2. A controlling agent or influence over direction; a guide.

[Middle English ruder, from Old English rōther, steering oar; see erə- in Indo-European roots.]

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rudder

(ˈrʌdə)

1. (Nautical Terms) nautical a pivoted vertical vane that projects into the water at the stern of a vessel and can be controlled by a tiller, wheel, or other apparatus to steer the vessel

2. (Aeronautics) a vertical control surface attached to the rear of the fin used to steer an aircraft, in conjunction with the ailerons

3. anything that guides or directs

[Old English rōther; related to Old French rōther, Old High German ruodar, Old Norse rōthr. See row²]

ˈrudderless adj

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rud•der

(ˈrʌd ər)

n.

1. a vertical blade at the stern of a vessel that can be turned to change the vessel's direction when in motion.

2. a movable control surface attached to a vertical stabilizer, located at the rear of an airplane and used, along with the ailerons, to turn the airplane.

3. any means of directing or guiding a course.

[before 900; Middle English rodder, rother, ruder, Old English rōther, c. Old Frisian rōther, Middle Dutch rōder (Dutch roer), Old High German ruodar (German Ruder); akin to row²]

rud′der•less, adj.

rudder

- First meant "paddle" or "oar."

See also related terms for paddle.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	rudder - a hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to make horizontal course changes aerofoil, airfoil, control surface, surface - a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight vertical tail - the vertical airfoil in the tail assembly of an aircraft
	2.	rudder - (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel sailing, seafaring, navigation - the work of a sailor rudder blade - the vertical blade on a rudder rudderpost, rudderstock - a vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables the rudder to pivot steering mechanism, steering system - a mechanism by which something is steered (especially a motor vehicle) tiller - lever used to turn the rudder on a boat vessel, watercraft - a craft designed for water transportation

Translations

دَفَّة الطائِرَهدَفَّه السَّفينَه

kormidlo

halerorror

Ruder Seitenruder Steuer Steuerruder

πηδάλιο

timón

peräsin

gouvernail

kormánylapátoldalkormány

stÿri

timone guida remo

舵

gubernaculum

vairalazdė

stūre

cârmă

krmilo

rudder

[ˈrʌdəʳ] N (Naut, Aer) → timón m

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rudder

[ˈrʌdə^r] n → gouvernail m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

rudder

n (Naut, Aviat) → Ruder nt

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rudder

[ˈrʌdəʳ] n (Naut) → timone m (Aer) → timone di direzione

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

rudder

(ˈradə) noun

1. a flat piece of wood, metal etc fixed to the back of a boat for steering.

2. a similar device on an aircraft.

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If we define a rudder as necessarily having reference to a boat, our definition will not be appropriate, for the rudder does not have this reference to a boat qua boat, as there are boats which have no rudders.

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By means of the rudder, the machine was readily turned in any direction.

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Behind, a sort of rudder served to guide the vehicle.

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Trusting to the girl's skill and making no use of the rudder, he eyed the coming tide with an absorbed attention.

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But he rode with a sensitive "loose curb," and quickly, but not too quickly, he shifted the angles of his wing-tips, depressed the front horizontal rudder, and swung over the rear vertical rudder to meet the tilting thrust of the wind.

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The eye detects no joint in her skin plating save the sweeping hair-crack of the bow-rudder--Magniac's rudder that assured us the dominion of the unstable air and left its inventor penniless and half-blind.

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There was one man at the rudder, one to tend the engines, and two burly police-inspectors forward.

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I heard the bows ground in the sand, staved the dingey off the rudder of the big boat with my piggin, and freeing the painter, landed.

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Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes: A thing, as the Bellman remarked, That frequently happens in tropical climes, When a vessel is, so to speak, "snarked."

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She has neither bow or stern, strictly speaking, for she has a long-bladed rudder on each end and she never turns around.

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The front of the sand-boat was pointed like the bow of a ship, and there was a rudder at the stern to steer by.

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There were the times I brought the Razzle Dazzle in with a bigger load of oysters than any other two-man craft; there was the time when we raided far down in Lower Bay, and mine was the only craft back at daylight to the anchorage off Asparagus Island; there was the Thursday night we raced for market and I brought the Razzle Dazzle in without a rudder, first of the fleet, and skimmed the cream of the Friday morning trade; and there was the time I brought her in from Upper Bay under a jib, when Scotty burned my mainsail.

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