noun. The steering gear of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel.

noun. A position of leadership or control.

transitive verb. To take the helm of; steer or direct.

noun. A helmet.

transitive verb. To cover or furnish with a helmet.

noun. Same as halm.

noun. A handle; a helve.

noun. Nautical, the handle, lever, or instrument by which the rudder is shifted; the tiller, or in large ships the wheel: sometimes extended to include the whole steering-apparatus.

noun. Hence The place or post of direction or management: as, to take the helm of affairs.

To steer; guide; direct.

noun. Said of a vessel the tendency of which is to keep coming up into the wind, and which requires that the tiller be kept more or less to windward to counteract it.

To furnish with a helmet; cover with a helmet, as a knight.

noun. A defensive cover for the head; a helmet. See helmet, now the more common form.

noun. A dark heavy cloud that rests on the brow of a mountain before a storm, while the rest of the sky is clear. Also helm-cloud and helmet.

noun. A hovel; an outhouse.

transitive verb. To steer; to guide; to direct.

noun. A helmet.

noun. A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain.

transitive verb. To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet.

noun. See haulm, straw.

noun. The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone.

noun. The place or office of direction or administration.

noun. One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director.

noun. A helve.

noun. when the tiller, rudder, and keel are in the same plane.

noun. when the tiller is borne over to the port side of the ship.

noun. when the tiller is borne to the starboard side.

noun. when the tiller is borne over to the lee or to the weather side.

noun. undefined

noun. when the tiller is borne over to the extreme limit.

noun. undefined

noun. undefined

noun. the round hole in a vessel's counter through which the rudderstock passes.

noun. helm alee.

noun. helm aweather.

noun. to let the tiller come more amidships, so as to lessen the strain on the rudder.

noun. to obey it.

noun. to put it amidships.

noun. to bear the tiller over to the corresponding position on the opposite side of the vessel.

noun. The steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel.

noun. The member of the crew in charge of steering the boat.

noun. A position of leadership or control.

verb. To be a helmsman or a member of the helm; to be in charge of steering the boat.

verb. To lead (a project, etc.).

noun. A helmet.

verb. be at or take the helm of

noun. steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered

noun. a position of leadership

"(_relied for himself on the help of God_), 1273. â-lýsan, w. v., _to loose, liberate_: pret.part. þâ wäs of þäm hrôran helm and byrne lungre â-lýsed (_helm and corselet were straightway loosed from him_), 1631."

barrel helm  demi-helm  down with the helm  helm amidships  helm circle  

helm aweather  

at the helm  helmed  helming  take the helm  

channelise  channelize  direct  guide  head  

elm  overwhelm  realm  underwhelm  

Armour  bow  breastplate  buckler  casque  

automatic pilot  bench  chair  chairmanship  chart a course  

haulm  

helmed  helmes  helming  helms