tiller-beam en · NOUN
Meanings
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Synonym of tail-pole.
Old post-mills were turned or 'luffed' into the wind by a pole variously called the tail-pole, tail-beam, turning-beam, or tiller-beam.
2011, Stanley Freese, Windmills and Millwrighting, Cambridge University Press, page 40:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tiller-beams | Number=Plur | lexicographic |