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steerage |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Steerage \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: steerage n 1: the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship 2: the act of steering a ship [syn: {steering}]
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