tiller-ropes

But there is some amusement in steering, and Katie was allowed to sit between the tiller-ropes.

The Three Clerks 2004

Katie stood bolt upright, with the tiller-ropes still in her hand, awe-struck at the misfortune she had caused; but while she was so standing, the stern of the boat was lifted nearly out of the water by the weight of the barge, and

The Three Clerks 2004

One man had the tiller-ropes, the second man attended to the sail, and the third baled for all he was worth.

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

Christopherson sat in the stern with the tiller-ropes in his hands, and Peter reserved his strength for the moment when they should get to the broader part of the river where the stream did not race as it raced here.

Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir

Peter swung to his oar in perfect style, and Purvis with the tiller-ropes in his hands gave way to every leap of the boat, bending his short, spare body in time to the stroke of the oars as he sat in the stern.

Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir

But George showed me exactly where to sit, and gave me the tiller-ropes, with instructions how to manage them, and was himself so full of quiet confidence that my fears quickly died a natural death, and a sweet sense of enjoyment took their place.

The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891 Various

A second broadside, equally well-aimed, increased the confusion, and, her tiller-ropes being shot away, the American frigate drifted foul of the "Shannon".

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

Toffy rowed the bow-oar now, and Purvis, who knew every turn of the river, took the tiller-ropes.

Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir

The reins attached to his wings could be pulled with the greatest ease, Just as one would pull the tiller-ropes of a boat.

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder James De Mille

The tiller-ropes of another vessel were carried away and she, too, dropped helplessly back.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger