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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A wheel that controls steering, as on a boat or in an automotive vehicle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wheel by which the rudder of a ship is shifted and the ship steered.
- noun A wheel by which the driver of a motor-car alters the direction of the front or rear pair of wheels, thus steering the ear.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A wheel
-shaped control that isrotated by thedriver tosteer , existing in most modern landvehicles .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a handwheel that is used for steering
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