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Steerage

Steerage Meaning & Definition
Steerage Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Steerage?

[n] the act of steering a ship
[n] the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship

Synonyms | Synonyms for Steerage: steering

Related Terms | Find terms related to Steerage:

See Also | accommodation | control | navigation | sailing | seafaring

Steerage In Webster's Dictionary

\Steer"age\, n. 1. The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship. He left the city, and, in a most tempestuous season, forsook the helm and steerage of the common wealth. --Milton. 2. (Naut.) (a) The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the helm. (b) The hinder part of a vessel; the stern. [R.] --Swift. (c) Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare. 3. Direction; regulation; management; guidance. He that hath the steerage of my course. --Shak. 4. That by which a course is directed. [R.] Here he hung on high, The steerage of his wings. --Dryden. {Steerage passenger}, a passenger who takes passage in the steerage of a vessel.

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