Helm
Helm , noun
See Haulm, straw.
Helm , noun
[Old English helme, Anglo-Saxon helma rudder; akin to Dutch & German helm, Icelandic hjālm, and perh. to English helve.]
1.
(Nautical) The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone.
2.
The place or office of direction or administration.
The helm of the Commonwealth.
3.
One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director.
The helms o' the State, who care for you like fathers.
4.
A helve. [Obsolete or Provincial English]
Collocations (12)
Helm amidships , when the tiller, rudder, and keel are in the same plane.
Helm aport , when the tiller is borne over to the port side of the ship.
Helm astarboard , when the tiller is borne to the starboard side.
Helm alee or Helm aweather , when the tiller is borne over to the lee or to the weather side.
Helm hard alee or Helm hard aport or Helm hard astarboard , when the tiller is borne over to the extreme limit.
Helm port , the round hole in a vessel's counter through which the rudderstock passes.
Helm down , helm alee.
Helm up , helm aweather.
To ease the helm , to let the tiller come more amidships, so as to lessen the strain on the rudder.
To feel the helm , to obey it.
To right the helm , to put it amidships.
To shift the helm , to bear the tiller over to the corresponding position on the opposite side of the vessel. — Ham. Nav. Encyc
Helm , transitive verb
To steer; to guide; to direct. [Rare]
The business he hath helmed.
A wild wave... overbears the bark,
And him that helms it.
Helm , noun
[Anglo-Saxon See Helmet.]
1.
A helmet. [Poetic]
2.
A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain. [Provincial English] — Halliwell
Helm , transitive verb
To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet. [Perh. used only as a past part. or part. adj.]
She that helmed was in starke stours.