side tillern.2
/ˈsʌɪd tɪlə/, U.S. /ˈsaɪd ˌtɪlər/ Now historical.
A steering lever at one side of a motor car. Cf. tiller-steering n. at tiller n.2 Compounds.
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steering lever1866
side tiller1903
1903 Motor-car Jrnl. 28 Mar. 71/2 Steering is controlled by a side tiller, on the pillar of which the change-speed and advance ignition levers are mounted.
1907 Motor World 5 Dec. 531/3 The driver sits on the left side of the vehicle, steering by means of a side tiller.
2003 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 May 3 Steering was by side tiller, a form of directional control that was already old-fashioned [in 1903].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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