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stearage

stearage is the obsolete form of steerage.

Meaning of steerage

Noun

steerage (countable and uncountable, plural steerages)

  1. (uncountable) The art of steering.
  2. (countable) The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins.
    • 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 sheep1896, Henry Lawson, For`ard
  3. (countable) The effect of the helm on a ship.

Forms of stearage

pluralstearages

Questions about stearage

What is stearage the obsolete form of?
Stearage is the obsolete form of steerage.

Words near stearage in the dictionary

  1. steanings
  2. steans
  3. steapsin
  4. steapsins
  5. stear
  6. stearage
  7. stearages
  8. stearaldehyde
  9. stearamide
  10. stearate
  11. stearated

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