helmless

English

Etymology

From helm +‎ -less.

Adjective

helmless (not comparable)

1. Without a helm (steering apparatus of a ship).
   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto IV:

     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: […]

Anagrams

• Meshells