tie rod

1. 1.

   either of two rods that link the steering gear to the front wheels

   Broaderrod

   Part ofsteering linkage

Questions about tie rod

What does tie rod mean?

tie rod means "either of two rods that link the steering gear to the front wheels".

Is tie rod a common word?

tie rod is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.