Steerage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Steerage is a noun meaning (uncountable) The art of steering.
Meaning
(uncountable) The art of steering.
More Meanings
- (countable) The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins.
- (countable) The effect of the helm on a ship.
Example Sentences
It is stuffy in the steerage where the second-classers sleep, For there's near a hundred for'ard, and they're stowed away like sheep
“I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable.[…]Steerage is like everything else maritime[…]vastly improved since Robert Louis Stevenson took his trip third class to New York.”
Hope was alive again in my breast, and I looked about me with greater coolness. I noted that the boats were missing. The steerage told the same tale as the forecastle. The hunters had packed their belongings with similar haste. The Ghost was deserted. It was Maud's and mine. I thought of the ship's stores and the lazarette beneath the cabin, and the idea came to me of surprising Maud with something nice for breakfast.
Word Forms
- steerages
Synonyms for steerage
Depending on context, synonyms include steering.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include steering, maneuver, shiphandling, navigation, drifting, sternway.
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