steering gear

How to use steering gear in a sentence

• A ripping of the sail, a fracture of the mast, the breaking of the steering gear, or some sudden quarrel would do the trick.

  Adrift on the Pacific | Edward S. Ellis

• But her great rudder swung to the quick pull of her steam steering-gear and again she sheered, cutting a letter s.

  Blow The Man Down | Holman Day

• At half past seven one shell completely destroyed the steering-gear.

  The Hero of Manila | Rossiter Johnson

• True, they had obtained a clear view of him on one occasion, at least, when he had dashed for the steering gear of his vessel.

  The Hero of Panama | F. S. Brereton

• There was a struggle for the steering gear, and then the whole show came to grief on a bridge.

  The Slave of Silence | Fred M. White