present participle of helm

simple past tense and past participle of helm

Wearing a helm.

(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.

(archaic or poetic) A helmet. / (heraldry) Synonym of helmet (“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”) / (Northern England) A shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed.

(obsolete); (transitive, archaic or poetic) To cover (a head) with a helmet; to provide (someone) with a helmet; to helmet.

(countable) A surname. / An unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, United States. / An unincorporated community in Russell County, Kentucky, United States.

(nautical) To control the helm (noun sense 1) of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel). / (figuratively) To direct or lead (a project, etc.); to manage (an organization).

(countable) A stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs.

(transitive) To lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs; to yelm.