noun ·see haulm, straw.
2. helm ·noun a helve.
3. helm ·noun a helmet.
4. helm ·vt to cover or furnish with a helm or helmet.
5. helm ·noun a heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain.
6. helm ·noun the place or office of direction or administration.
7. helm ·noun one at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director.
8. helm ·vt to steer; to guide; to direct.
9. helm ·noun the apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, ·etc.;
commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone.