1. n. a horizontal bar fitted to the head of a boat's rudder to turn it in steering.
Etymology: ME f. AF telier weaver's beam f. med.L telarium f. L tela web 2. n. & v.
--n.
1. a shoot of a plant springing from the bottom of the original stalk.
2 a sapling.
3 a sucker.
--v.intr. put forth tillers.
Etymology: app. repr. OE telgor extended f. telga bough