steerage
Noun
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Noun
steerage
- (uncountable) The art of steering.
- (countable) The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins.
- 1896, Henry Lawson, For`ard
- 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
- 1896, Henry Lawson, For`ard
- (countable) The effect of the helm on a ship.
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