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Steerage

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The art of steering. uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of steering a ship wordnet
  3. 3
    The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins. countable

    "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"

  4. 4
    the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship wordnet
  5. 5
    The effect of the helm on a ship. countable

Etymology

From steer + -age.

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