steering oar
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93pilot — [16] Pilot comes ultimately from a Greek word for ‘oar’, pēdón, which went back to the same Indo European base as produced English foot. Its plural, pēdá, was used for ‘rudder’, and from this was derived medieval Greek *pēdótēs ‘rudder, helmsman’ …
94rudder — [OE] Rudder comes from the same source as English row ‘use oars’ – prehistoric Germanic *rō ‘steer’. Indeed it originally denoted an ‘oar used for steering’; the modern application to a fixed steering surface did not emerge until the 14th century …
95rudder — noun a flat piece hinged vertically near the stern of a boat for steering. ↘a vertical aerofoil pivoted from the tailplane of an aircraft, for controlling movement about the vertical axis. ↘application of the rudder in steering a boat or aircraft …
96pilot — [16] Pilot comes ultimately from a Greek word for ‘oar’, pēdón, which went back to the same Indo European base as produced English foot. Its plural, pēdá, was used for ‘rudder’, and from this was derived medieval Greek *pēdótēs ‘rudder, helmsman’ …
97rudder — [OE] Rudder comes from the same source as English row ‘use oars’ – prehistoric Germanic *rō ‘steer’. Indeed it originally denoted an ‘oar used for steering’; the modern application to a fixed steering surface did not emerge until the 14th century …
98pilot — I. noun Etymology: Middle French pilote, from Italian pilota, alteration of pedota, from Middle Greek *pēdōtēs, from Greek pēda steering oars, plural of pēdon oar; probably akin to Greek pod , pous foot more at foot Date: 1530 1. a. one employed… …
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