tiller
pronunciation
How to pronounce tiller in British English:
UK [ˈtɪlə(r)]
How to pronounce tiller in American English:
US [ˈtɪlɚ]
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- Noun:
- a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
- someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
- lever used to turn the rudder on a boat
- a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
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- Verb:
- grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
Word Origin
- tiller
- tiller: see toil
- tiller (n.1)
- mid-14c., "stock of a crossbow," from Old French telier "stock of a crossbow" (c. 1200), originally "weaver's beam," from Medieval Latin telarium, from Latin tela "web; loom," from PIE *teks-la-, from root *teks- "to weave" (see texture (n.)). Meaning "bar to turn the rudder of a boat" first recorded 1620s.
- tiller (n.2)
- "one who tills," mid-13c., from till (v.).
Example
- 1. Nice troy bilt junior rototiller roto tiller 40 hp .
- 2. Now get your tiller back in place .
- 3. Pro-life groups worry that dr tiller 's murder will make the public think pro-lifers are violent .
- 4. Under the principle of " land to the tiller " , it would then " turn the land over to the private ownership of the peasants . "
- 5. Rules of tiller and spike formation of spring wheat .