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tiller-beam

tiller-beam noun: synonym of tail-pole.

Noun

tiller-beam (plural tiller-beams)

  1. Synonym of tail-pole.
    • Old post-mills were turned or 'luffed' into the wind by a pole variously called the tail-pole, tail-beam, turning-beam, or tiller-beam.2011, Stanley Freese, Windmills and Millwrighting, Cambridge University Press, page 40
    Synonyms:
    tail-pole

Synonyms of tiller-beam

Forms of tiller-beam

pluraltiller-beams

Questions about tiller-beam

What does tiller-beam mean?
Tiller-beam means synonym of tail-pole.
What part of speech is tiller-beam?
Tiller-beam is a noun.
What is the plural of tiller-beam?
The plural of tiller-beam is tiller-beams.

Words near tiller-beam in the dictionary

  1. tiller extensions
  2. tiller truck
  3. tiller trucks
  4. tiller yoke
  5. tiller yokes
  6. tiller-beam
  7. tiller-beams
  8. tillered
  9. tillering
  10. tillerings
  11. tillerless

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