Definition of tiller

• v. t. - One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.
• n. - A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker.
• n. - A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.
• n. - A young timber tree.
• v. i. - To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering.
• n. - A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1.
• n. - The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself.
• n. - The handle of anything.
• n. - A small drawer; a till.