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Definition of Steerage
1. Noun. The cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship.
2. Noun. The act of steering a ship.
Group relationships: Navigation, Sailing, Seafaring
Generic synonyms: Control
Derivative terms: Steer, Steer
Definition of Steerage
1. n. The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship.
Definition of Steerage
1. Noun. The art of steering ¹
2. Noun. The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accomodation with no individual cabins ¹
3. Noun. The effect of the helm on a ship ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Steerage
1. the act of steering [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steerage
Literary usage of Steerage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1905)
"Question again proposed, "That the word ' steerage ' stand part of the clause."
MR. FLYNN said that as there were other important Amendments which they were ..."
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1907)
"Queens Co., Single, steerage ' Farmer, Wexford, Single, steerage ... steerage 25 "
Barris in Opary, Single, steerage 20 « uA List of Passengers on the ..."
3. The Immigrant: An Asset and a Liability by Frederic Jennings Haskin (1913)
"Three kinds of steerage are now recognized —the old, the new, and the combination
of the two. The old brings the bulk of our immigration from southern and ..."
4. The Amateur Emigrant by Robert Louis Stevenson (1905)
"steerage SCENES OUR companion (steerage No. 2 and 3) was a favourite resort.
Down one flight of stairs there was a comparatively large open space, ..."
5. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1860)
"However, in 1859, "short ships" carried to the Canadian provinces 1958 cabin and
2118 steerage passengers. To the Australian colonies the greatest falling ..."
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