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The phrase "a tiller" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a tool or device used to control the direction of a boat or to describe a part of a farming implement.
Example: "He used a tiller to steer the small boat through the narrow channel."
Alternatives: "a steering device" or "a cultivator handle."
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Stears with a tiller.
The economy has a tiller?
In small craft the rudder is operated manually by a handle termed a tiller or helm.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. …by a handle termed a tiller or helm.
A tiller over the bar and a ship's clock gently reinforce the restaurant's seaside setting.
He laughs at the thought of half-a-ton of horse without a tiller.
That is not to say Conner is not spending plenty of time with a tiller in his hand.
This arrangement was improved by increasing the width of the blade and attaching a tiller to the upper part of the handle.
Electrics, many of which were steered with a tiller rather than a wheel, were especially popular for their quietness and low maintenance costs.
A third runner, the steering runner, is mounted at either the fore or aft end of the hull and is controlled by the helmsman using a tiller.
But on the older ones, they travel head-first and steer by reaching back to a tiller in the stern, like small soft water boats.
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