tiller
noun
[ ˈtɪlə ]
• a horizontal bar fitted to the head of a boat's rudder post and used for steering.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French telier ‘weaver's beam, stock of a crossbow’, from medieval Latin telarium, from Latin tela ‘web’.
tiller
noun
• an implement or machine for breaking up soil; a plough or cultivator.
tiller
noun
• a lateral shoot from the base of the stem of a plant, especially in a grass or cereal.
tiller
verb
• (of a plant, especially a grass or cereal) develop tillers.
• "the seedlings tillered profusely"
Origin:
mid 17th century (denoting a sapling arising from the stool of a felled tree): apparently based on Old English telga ‘bough’, of Germanic origin.
