rudder English

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What does rudder mean?

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rudder Noun

— A rudder is a blade underwater that is used to steer a ship or boat.

— A rudder is a part of the vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.

rudder

— noun a hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to make horizontal course changes

— noun (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel

Synonyms rudder synonyms

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rudder English » English

helm

winch

thruster machinery compartment

thruster

thrust propeller

televisor

shackle

saw

propeller

maneuvering device

drill

bow

steering wheel

tiller

tilt

stern

steer

rectrix

handlebars

wheel

steering oar

steering gear

steering

rudderhead

rudder blade

rudder angle

oar

motivator

ladder

controls

Topics rudder topics

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Physical actions Move Travel Travel by water

Boat

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  bow stern starboard port deck gunwale below decks mast spar crow's nest figurehead rudder helm superstructure

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Rocks dead ahead. Right full rudder.

Hit your left rudder.

Right rudder.

Right rudder, sir.

Left full rudder, Quartermaster. Aye, aye, sir. Left full rudder.

Rudder amidship.

Rudder hard right.

Gives her rudder a hard left. Makes like she's looking in the window.

Naturally, I gives my rudder a hard right and moves right up alongside her.

Rudder amidships. Steady on course.

Right, five degrees rudder.

Rudder amidships.

Ten degrees right rudder!

Left full rudder, quartermaster. Aye, sir.

Left full rudder.

Rudder amidships!

Rudder hard right. Ship swinging right, sir.

Rudder out smartly.

Rudder and starboard diving planes disabled.

An incident. Our faulty rudder's put us on a reef.

Right standard rudder.

Ease your rudder to standard.

Rudder easing to standard.

The rudder has broken.

Left full rudder, Quartermaster.

Rudder amidship, sir.

Well, if these guns were loaded, you'd be minus your rudder and one wing.

Hold the rudder!

Wings and rudder are always ok.

Right rudder, new course: 045.

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A bundle of logs lashed together in a raft - even if it lacks a rudder - has a clear advantage over a single storm-tossed trunk.