Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tiller

Tiller , noun

[From Till, transitive verb]

One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.

Tiller , noun

[Anglo-Saxon telgor a small branch. Compare Till to cultivate.]

1.
(a) (Botany) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker.
(b)
(Botany) A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.
2.
A young timber tree. [Provincial English] — Evelyn

Tiller , intransitive verb

To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering.

Tiller , noun

[From Old English tillen, tullen, to draw, pull; probably from Anglo-Saxon tyllan in fortyllan to lead astray; or compare Dutch tillen to lift up. Compare Till a drawer.]

1.
(Nautical) 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. Compare 2d Helm, 1.
2.
The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself. [Obsolete]
You can shoot in a tiller. — Beau. & Fl
3.
The handle of anything. [Provincial English]
4.
A small drawer; a till. — Dryden
Collocations (1)
Tiller rope (Nautical) , a rope for turning a tiller. In a large vessel it forms the connection between the fore end of the tiller and the steering wheel.