I took hold of the tiller to try it, but either the helm was frozen immovable or the rudder was jammed in its gudgeons or in some other fashion fixed.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
Nor has he undertaken to draw a rose colored picture for the benefit of Eastern Capitalists, or those seeking a home in the west-to throw bait to gudgeons.
"The History of Peru"
Henry S. Beebe
That afternoon Captain Moss was mending the stern of one of his boats, and when we asked him what he was fitting on, he said: "Rudder-gudgeons."
"Us and the Bottleman"
Edith Ballinger Price