steerage
steerage
Definition
steer·age (stir′ij)
noun
- the act of steering (a ship, etc.)
- the response of a ship to the helmsman's guidance
Etymology: orig. located near the steering mechanism
Historical a section in some ships, with the poorest accommodations, occupied by the passengers paying the lowest fare
steerage
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- get: Approaching Salter's Lode Lock somewhat fast to get steerage, as going with a serious flood tide.
- maintain: My recollection of meeting these boats was that they where always going like a bat out of hell to maintain steerage.
- travel: Traveling steerage; sitting on hard wooden train seats; walking miles and miles and sleeping where they fell in tiredness.
Modifies a noun
- hoe: In many of these crops, good weed control could be achieved using steerage hoes without the need for hand labor.
- passenger: Among the steerage passengers the fell disease was represented in the person of a little boy.
- class: The different fares may relate to port of disembarkation rather than any distinction between cabin and steerage class.
- passage: Well, I was compelled to take a steerage passage, good enough for me.
- way: The Original Beaufort Scale 1 Light Air Or just sufficient to give steerage way.
Noun used with modifier
- tractor: It has the advantage that it can be operated under moister soil conditions than a tractor steerage hoe.
Browse dictionary entries near steerage
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- steeplebush
- steeple
- steepen
- steep
- steenbok
- Steen
- steerageway
- steering committee
- steering gear
- steering wheel
- steersman
- steeve
- Stefansson
- Steganography
- stegosaurus
- Steichen
