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STEERAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of steering a ship
Synonyms:
steerage; steering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("steerage" is a kind of...):
control (the activity of managing or exerting control over something)
Holonyms ("steerage" is a part of...):
navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)
Derivation:
steer (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("steerage" is a kind of...):
accommodation (living quarters provided for public convenience)
Context examples:
Next to obtain was a stock of ammunition,—an easy matter, though I had to enter the steerage companion-way to do it.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
“Good!” he exclaimed, and left the table at once to go on deck and into the steerage, where the hunters were taking the first breakfast of their exile.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Still another time, he stole into the steerage, possessed himself of a loaded shot-gun, and was making a rush for the deck with it when caught by Kerfoot and disarmed.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
As I sat in my bunk examining it (the six hunters were all in the steerage, smoking and talking in loud voices), Henderson took a passing glance at it.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
That night, when I had finished an endless amount of work, I was sent to sleep in the steerage, where I made up a spare bunk.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The hunters piled pell-mell out of the steerage, but as Leach’s tirade continued I saw that there was no levity in their faces.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I had been swept against the galley and around the steerage companion-way from the weather side into the lee scuppers.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Smoke the irrepressible related a story, and they descended into the steerage, bellowing with laughter.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
There are signs of rampant bad temper in the steerage, and the gossip is going around that Smoke and Henderson have had a fight.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
In the afternoon Smoke and Henderson fell foul of each other, and a fusillade of shots came up from the steerage, followed by a stampede of the other four hunters for the deck.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
