The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."
To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).
In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.
A rank or position.
To act as coxswain for.