steering wheel

a wheel used by a driver, pilot, or the like, to steer an automobile, ship, etc.

Origin of steering wheel

First recorded in 1740–50

Here there are a periscope, steering-wheel, voice-tubes, and everything necessary for the control of the vessel.

Spies of the Kaiser |William Le Queux
By a supreme effort of will Blount swung himself up behind the steering-wheel and let the clutch in.

The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush |Francis Lynde
Would the steering-wheel be any good, I wonder, or would they have to have a rudder?

The Campfire Girls Go Motoring |Hildegard G. Frey
He sent a message down the tube to Murgatroyd and gave a turn and a half to the steering-wheel.

A Honeymoon in Space |George Griffith

The Steering-wheel is a section of a spool 1/8 inch thick, and is glued upon the end of a pencil or a stick.

Home-made Toys for Girls and Boys |A. Neely Hall

steering wheel

a wheel turned by the driver of a motor vehicle, ship, etc, when he wishes to change direction. It is connected to the front wheels, rudder, etc