RUDDER-BANDS
\ɹˈʌdəbˈandz], \ɹˈʌdəbˈandz], \ɹ_ˈʌ_d_ə_b_ˈa_n_d_z]\
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Acts xxvii. 40. Ships were steered anciently-(?) up to the fourteenth century, as in some countries in modern times also -not by hinged rudders, but by two paddles, one on each quarter; these, when not used, were lifted out of the water and secured by lashings, or rudder-bands. (Cf. Eur.,Hel., 1536; and so in the Bayeux Tapestry.)
By Henry Percy Smith
