steering column
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of steering column
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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The technology pulls the driver's exhaled breath into sensors located in the driver's side door or in the dashboard and steering column, as the driver breathes normally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
On a bad day for Mercedes, Hamilton's team-mate George Russell, who did make it beyond the first session, will line up 15th because hydraulic problems that required a steering column change prevented him running again.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2023
Prior damage to the steering column allowed the dog to then set the vehicle in motion.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 3, 2022
The rules revise regulations that assume vehicles "will always have a driver's seat, a steering wheel and accompanying steering column, or just one front outboard passenger seating position."
From Reuters ● Mar. 11, 2022
I sighed, and I was drumming my fingers on the steering column and all.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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