 9 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
helm
noun
1: steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by
which a vessel is steered
2: a position of leadership; "the President is at the helm of
the Ship of State"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Helm \Helm\, noun
See {Haulm}, straw.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Helm \Helm\, noun [OE. helme, AS. helma rudder; akin to D. & G.
helm, Icel. hj[=a]lm, and perh. to E. helve.]
1. (Naut.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered,
comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used
of the tiller or wheel alone.
2. The place or office of direction or administration. ''The
helm of the Commonwealth.'' --Melmoth.
3. One at the place of direction or control; a steersman;
hence, a guide; a director.
The helms o' the State, who care for you like
fathers. --Shak.
4. [Cf. {Helve}.] A helve. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
{Helm amidships}, when the tiller, rudder, and keel are in
the same plane.
{Helm aport}, when the tiller is borne over to the port side
of the ship.
{Helm astarboard}, when the tiller is borne to the starboard
side.
{Helm alee}, {Helm aweather}, when the tiller is borne over
to the lee or to the weather side.
{Helm hard alee}, {Helm hard aport}, {Helm hard astarboard},
etc., when the tiller is borne over to the extreme limit.
{Helm port}, the round hole in a vessel's counter through
which the rudderstock passes.
{Helm down}, helm alee.
{Helm up}, helm aweather.
{To ease the helm}, to let the tiller come more amidships, so
as to lessen the strain on the rudder.
{To feel the helm}, to obey it.
{To right the helm}, to put it amidships.
{To shift the helm}, to bear the tiller over to the
corresponding position on the opposite side of the vessel.
--Ham. Nav. Encyc.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Helm \Helm\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Helmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Helming}.]
To steer; to guide; to direct. [R.]
The business he hath helmed. --Shak.
A wild wave . . . overbears the bark,
And him that helms it. --Tennyson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Helm \Helm\, noun [AS. See {Helmet}.]
1. A helmet. [Poetic]
2. A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain. [Prov.
Eng.] --Halliwell.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Helm \Helm\, verb (used with an object)
To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet. [Perh. used only
as a past part. or part. adjective]
She that helmed was in starke stours. --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
heaume \heaume\ n.
1. a large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders; called
also {helm}.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "helm":
automatic pilot, bench, chair, chairmanship, chart a course, claws,
clutches, command, cond, conn, control, coxswain, curule chair,
dais, direct, directorship, domination, dominion, grasp, grip,
gripe, guide, gyroscopic pilot, hand, handle, hands, have the conn,
hold, iron hand, jurisdiction, leadership, lever pilot, manage,
mastership, mastery, navigate, operate, pilot, power, presidency,
reins, reins of government, rudder, rule, run, saddle, seat,
seat of power, seat of state, shape a course, steer, talons,
tiller, weather helm, wheel, woolsack
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Helm, CA
Zip code(s): 93627
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