A vertical lever connected to a tiller, used for steering on larger ships before the development of the ship's wheel.
A vertical lever connected to a tiller, used for steering on larger ships before the development of the ship's wheel.
A whipstaff, sometimes called a whip or kolder-stok, is a device used in 16th- and 17th-century Europe to control the movement of a large sailing ship. Its development preceded the invention of the more-complex ship`s wheel and followed the simple use of a tiller to control the steering of a ship underway. Before the 16th century most sailing ves....
vertical lever controlling ship
vertical lever controlling ship's rudder
• (n.) A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering.
Whip'staff` noun (Nautical) A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering.