What is "tillerman"

Usage examples of "tillerman".

The tillerman immediately leaped into the water, and the oarsmen did their best to follow.

The tillerman on the second barge ducks, but some of the incautious levies who thought the first wires were the only wires are slashed by the recoiling wire whip.

Then, after some hours, the rocking of the barge, the singing of the tillerman, and the answering chant of the slaves became familiar.

The tillerman leaned hard against his pole and the boat turned, toward the river emptying from the lake on the east side.

Yet the ship lost headway as the remaining tillerman deserted her post.

Ellisor pushed himself to his feet and ran for the bow, leaving the tillerman to rise on his own.

Those who knew the Crescent Sea said it was possible an emperor shark had taken her, perhaps attracted by the gold glint of her wedding ring, but many common folk assumed the tillerman had blood on his hands and the ring in his pocket.

Southern Patrol in Tillerman, Talbott, and Dresden to join him in Montana.

Montana long enough to contact the locals waiting for their special cargo and still make it to Tillerman on time.

And with that he moved smartly past the pair of them and made his way between the curious rowers to where the tillerman stood shouting out his instructions.

From above came the boisterous shouts of the sea robbers and the chanting of the tillerman as he conned the ship.

The crew were tough-looking types, and in front of the tillerman in the stern lay a large packing case.

They fitted them into the oarlocks and pulled hard, while the tillermen steered them back toward the center of the river.

With a bellow of rage, Moichi stormed the high poop deck and, shouting mingled instructions and encouragements to the young, petrified tillerman, brought his own brawny weight to bear on the protesting steering mechanism.

Warlock was on her way to Tillerman, at the far end of Rear Admiral Khumalo's southern patrol line.