1) a hovel. N.
2) stubble gathered after the corn is housed ; also pease straw. S.
·noun ·see <<Haulm>>, straw. II. Helm ·noun A <<Helve>>. III. Helm ·noun A <<Helmet>>. IV. Helm ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Properly is the tiller, but sometimes used to express the rudder, and the means used for turning it,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The round hole or cavity in a ship's counter, through which the head of the rudder passes into the t...
A singular meteorological phenomenon which occurs in the north of England. Besides special places in...
If the ship is too much by the stern, she will carry her helm too much a-lee. ...
One of the principal results of sound seamanship is the proper trim of the vessel and the sail carri...
, or taut weather-helm. A ship with a side wind is said to carry a taut weather-helm, when the wat...
A ship is said to carry a weather-helm when she is inclined to gripe, or come too near the wind, and...
the handle of a spade, &c. Derb. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
When a ship obeys the rudder or steers. ...
An order often given in a vessel close-hauled, to put the helm down a few spokes in a head sea, with...
The piece of timber placed across the lower counter, withinside the height of the helm-port, and bol...
The order to put it amidships, that is, in a line with the keel. ...
The order for an alteration of its position, by moving it towards the opposite side of the ship; tha...
So place the helm that the rudder is brought on the port side of the stern-post. (See hard-a-starboa...
See taut helm ...
Tenement of Thomas de Lillyngston so called in parish of St. Peter de Cornhull, 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 3...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
An order to put the helm a-lee. ...
To have good steerage way, carrying taut weather-helm, which gives command of steerage. Also said of...
Put it a-weather; that is, over to the windward side, or (whichever way the tiller is shipped) so as...