Tiller has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | A small boat is steered by means of a tiller fitted to the head of the rudder. | |
| 2. | Many early cars used a tiller instead of a steering wheel. | |
| 3. | One, that bore / the brave Orontes and his Lycian crew, / full in AEneas' sight a toppling wave o'erthrew. / Dashed from the tiller, down the pilot rolled. / Thrice round the billow whirled her, as she lay, / then whelmed below. |