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steerages

steerages is the plural 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.

Questions about steerages

What is steerages the plural of?
Steerages is the plural of steerage.

Words near steerages in the dictionary

  1. steerage
  2. steerage way
  3. steerage ways
  4. steerage-way
  5. steerage-ways
  6. steerages
  7. steerageway
  8. steerageways
  9. steerboard
  10. steerboards
  11. Steere

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