Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of tiller is as below...

Tiller :: Tiller (n.) The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself..

Uniform :: Uniform (a.) A dress of a particular style or fashion worn by persons in the same service or order by means of which they have a distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of the police, of the Freemasons, etc..

Instiller :: Instiller (n.) One who instills.

Regiment :: Regiment (n.) A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten..

Cannon :: Cannon (n.) A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.

Battery :: Battery (v. t.) Two or more pieces of artillery in the field.

Fieldpiece :: Fieldpiece (n.) A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun..

Bombardier :: Bombardier (n.) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.

Whipstaff :: Whipstaff (n.) A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering..

Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1..

Bombard :: Bombard (v. t.) To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into..

Rudder :: Rudder (n.) The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment..

Dismount :: Dismount (v. t.) To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery..

Distillery :: Distillery (n.) The act of distilling spirits.

Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker..

Troop :: Troop (n.) Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery..

Husband :: Husband (n.) A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman.

Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery..

Tiller :: Tiller (v. t.) One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.

Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds..

Random Fonts

Most Popular