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nouna hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to make horizontal course changestype of:part of:
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noun(nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vesseltype of:part of:
Definition that contains rudder
- wheel a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
- starboard turn to the right, of helms or rudders
- dandy a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
- yawl a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
- tiller lever used to turn the rudder on a boat
- sunfish among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
- ketch a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost
- mola among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
- rudderstock a vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables the rudder to pivot
- skeg a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost