Dictionary entry

Helm (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Helm, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Helmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Helming.] To steer; to guide; to direct.

The business he hath helmed. Shak.

A wild wave... overbears the bark,

And him that helms it. Tennyson.