noun
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the cheapest accommodation on a passenger ship, originally the compartments containing the steering apparatus
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an instance or the practice of steering and the effect of this on a vessel or vehicle
Etymology
Origin of steerage
First recorded in 1400–50, steerage is from the late Middle English word sterage. See steer 1, -age
Example Sentences
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It’s like traveling in steerage on the Titanic.
From Salon
We watched the ceremony and then were quietly escorted back through the steerage section before being deposited unceremoniously outside the briefing room.
From Salon
Her job doesn’t allow for remote work, and she said she didn’t want to subject her large dog to the steerage of an airplane.
From New York Times
“I’m sorry, but Viking Cruises does not offer a ‘steerage’ option.”
From Washington Post
Most comrades sprawl shoeless, many dozing open-mouthed in the permanent state of steerage that is Soviet air travel.
From New York Times
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