helmless en · ADJ
Etymology
From helm + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without a helm (steering apparatus of a ship).
To Sleep I give my powers away; My will is bondsman to the dark; I sit within a helmless bark, And with my heart I muse and say: […]
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto IV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC: