helmless

adj

helmless

adj

Etymology From helm + -less.

1

Without a helm (steering apparatus of a ship).

To Sleep I give my powers away; ⁠My will is bondsman to the dark; ⁠I sit within a helmless bark, And with my heart I muse and say: […]1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto IV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:

Derived terms: helmlessness

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