rudder
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Is rudder a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (nautical) An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).
2. (aeronautics) A control surface on the vertical stabilizer of a fixed-wing aircraft or an autogyro. On some craft, the entire vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder. The rudder is controlled by foot-operated control pedals.
3. (figurative) That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.Examples: "For rhyme the rudder is of verses."figuratively
Definition source: Wiktionary