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Without a rudder. literal and figurative.
That has no rudder. Also figurative.
Of a boat, aeroplane, etc.: lacking a rudder; not fitted with a rudder.
Deprived of, or unequipped with, a rudder. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.
Fitted or provided with a rudder. Occasionally with prefixed modifying word, as two-ruddered. Also in extended use.
Without or lacking a tiller.