Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A motor used to steer a ship, in which the power generated at a distance from the tiller is transmitted to another motor or apparatus directly connected with the tiller.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) A hydraulic device by which the movement of the wheel on the bridge operates the steering gear at the stern.
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Examples
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All that remains is the brass telemotor, or steering gear, the wooden sill of the bridge's bulkheads, and a tangle of electrical wires.
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Left, visitors to Titanic have left memorial plaques and a bouquet of plastic roses at the base of the telemotor on the ship's bridge.
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