Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A motor used to steer a ship, in which the power generated at a distance from the tiller is transmitted to another motor or apparatus directly connected with the tiller.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Naut.) A hydraulic device by which the movement of the wheel on the bridge operates the steering gear at the stern.

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Examples

  • All that remains is the brass telemotor, or steering gear, the wooden sill of the bridge's bulkheads, and a tangle of electrical wires.

    Diving on the Titanic 2001

  • Left, visitors to Titanic have left memorial plaques and a bouquet of plastic roses at the base of the telemotor on the ship's bridge.

    Diving on the Titanic 2001

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