Rudder [noun]

Definition of Rudder:

end piece, part

Synonyms of Rudder:

● Rear end

● Rear

● Butt

● Buttocks

● End

● Reverse

● Extremity

● Train

● Behind

● Stub

● Appendage

● Posterior

● Tag

● Tush

● Rump

● Conclusion

● Tailpiece

● Empennage

● Caudal appendage

● Fag end

● Hind end

● Hind part

● Hindmost part

● Last part

● Tag end

● Wagger


Opposite/Antonyms of Rudder:

● Head

● Front

● Start

● Beginning

● Commencement


Sentence/Example of Rudder:

The rudder may also be curved or warped in similar manner by lever action.

To ensure rigidity the rudder must be stayed with guy wires.

Gliders as a rule have only one rudder, and this is in the rear.

The ship's rudder got loose, and was secured with difficulty.

I used the paddle as a rudder, and to push floating timber away.

A sudden shift of the rudder shook the Vulcan from peak to keelson.

However, this is just the condition of sailing when a boat can dispense with a rudder.

The rudder is hooked to this by means of two hooks called pintles.

If the rudder is to be kept in a certain adjustment a quadrant is necessary.

In the case of an ornamental boat the rudder can be fixed as shown in Fig. 115.