tiller

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A person who tills; a farmer.
2. 2
   A machine that mechanically tills the soil.
3. 3
   A young tree.
4. 4
   A shoot of a plant which springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sapling; a sucker.
5. 5
   The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.
6. 6
   A bar of iron or wood connected with the rudderhead and leadline, usually forward, in which the rudder is moved as desired by the tiller (FM 55-501).
7. 7
   The handle of the rudder which the helmsman holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.
8. 8
   A steering wheel, usually mounted on the lower portion of the captain's control column, which is used to steer the aircraft's nosewheel or tailwheel to provide steering during taxi.
9. 9
   A handle; a stalk.
10. 10
    The rear-wheel steering control, aboard a tiller truck.
11. 11
    A small drawer; a till.

Verb

1. 1
   To produce new shoots from the root or from around the bottom of the original stalk; stool.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname originating as an occupation.
2. 2
   An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.
3. 3
   A suburb of Trondheim, formerly a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.