plural of helm

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of helm

A surname.

plural of 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.

(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).

(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 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.