steering gear

Steering gear is the device used for controlling the direction of a vehicle such as a car or ship or airplane.

(noun)

An example of a steering gear is the wheel you turn when driving a car.

See steering gear in Webster's New World College Dictionary

any mechanism used for steering, as in a ship, automobile, airplane, etc.

See steering gear in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The mechanism by which dispositions of the steering controls of a vehicle are transferred to the part that interacts with the external medium.

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