Usages of gubernaculum
Nauta in ripa stat et gubernaculum naviculae puero parvo ostendit.
The sailor stands on the riverbank and shows the rudder of the little boat to the little boy.
Cum ventus subito crescat, gubernaculum firmum esse maxime necesse est.
When the wind suddenly grows stronger, it is especially necessary that the rudder be firm.
Mater dicit naviculam sine gubernaculo bene moveri non posse.
Mother says that the little boat cannot be moved well without a rudder.
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