steering wheel

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

steering wheel
    n 1: a handwheel that is used for steering [syn: {steering
         wheel}, {wheel}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Steering \Steer"ing\,
   a. & n. from {Steer}, v.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Steering wheel} (Naut.), the wheel by means of which the
      rudder of a vessel is turned and the vessel is steered.
      [1913 Webster]