The only named wind in the British Isles. It blows westward from the Pennine fells over Cumbria and is often accompanied by a line of clouds on top of the hills called the Helm Bar.

(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.

A nautical term referring to the use of a helm, the person in charge of steering a vessel, or something used to control or steer.

A noun "helm" represents a position of control or leadership, or someone in the position of controlling or directing.

(archaic or poetic) A helmet.

(heraldry) Synonym of helmet (“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”)

A shelter for farm animals, a heavy cloud on a mountain associated with a storm, or the crown or top of something in alchemy or chemistry.

(countable) A stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs.

(uncountable) Alternative form of haulm (“the stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching”)

(uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of bentgrass (“any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis”)

(nautical) To control the helm (noun sense 1) of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel).

(figuratively) To direct or lead (a project, etc.); to manage (an organization).

(transitive, archaic or poetic) To cover (a head) with a helmet; to provide (someone) with a helmet; to helmet.

(transitive) To lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs; to yelm.