Rudder [noun]

Definition of Rudder:

end piece, part

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Sentence/Example of Rudder:

The rudder may also be curved or warped in similar manner by lever action.

To ensure rigidity the rudder must be stayed with guy wires.

Gliders as a rule have only one rudder, and this is in the rear.

The ship's rudder got loose, and was secured with difficulty.

I used the paddle as a rudder, and to push floating timber away.

A sudden shift of the rudder shook the Vulcan from peak to keelson.

However, this is just the condition of sailing when a boat can dispense with a rudder.

The rudder is hooked to this by means of two hooks called pintles.

If the rudder is to be kept in a certain adjustment a quadrant is necessary.

In the case of an ornamental boat the rudder can be fixed as shown in Fig. 115.