Steerage
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The art of steering. uncountable
- 2 the act of steering a ship wordnet
- 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 the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship wordnet
- 5 The effect of the helm on a ship. countable
Example
More examples"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"
Etymology
From steer + -age.
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