A device used in steering or manoeuvring a vessel. The most common type consists of a flat slab of metal or wood, hinged at the forward end to the stern or rudder post. When made of metal, it may be built up from plates, shapes, and castings, with or without wood filling, or it may be a casting. The rudder is attached to a vertical shaft called the rudder stock, by which it is turned from side to side.
Isixhobo esisetyenziswa ekuqhubeni isikhephe. Olona hlobo luqhelekileyo luquka isilebhu esimcaba sesinyithi okanye sokhuni esihinjelwe ekupheleni komphambili kumva okanye kwintsika ye-"rudder".