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English
Etymology
From steer + -age.
Noun
steerage (countable and uncountable, plural steerages)
- (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
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:“I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable. […] Steerage is like everything else maritime […] vastly improved since Robert Louis Stevenson took his trip third class to New York.”
- (countable) The effect of the helm on a ship.
Derived terms
Translations
cheapest class of accommodation in a ship
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