steering column

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noun

the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.

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Origin of steering column

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby steering column

steerageway, steer clear of, steerer, steerhide, steering, steering column, steering committee, steering gear, steering wheel, steersman, steersperson

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How to use steering column in a sentence

With difficulty I could still turn the shaft with my fingertips — about four millimeters of metal stuck out from the steering column — but it didn’t start the car.
Gene Weingarten: Don’t just fix the problem. Kluge it.|Gene Weingarten|May 13, 2021|Washington Post
There’s another electronic box atop the steering column too.
Ford’s electric Mustang Mach-E is an important leap into the future|Dan Carney|February 12, 2021|Popular-Science
Its horn blared ceaselessly, jammed by the dead body of the driver, Henri Paul, pinioned on the steering column by the impact.
Tina Brown: No, Conspiracy Theorists, Princess Diana Was Not Murdered|Tina Brown|August 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The brakes are applied by a control system mounted on the steering column.
Motor Truck Logging Methods|Frederick Malcolm Knapp

She climbed to her seat behind the steering column and turned to Thompson.
Burned Bridges|Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for steering column

steering column

noun

(in a motor vehicle) the shaft on which a steering wheel is mounted and by which it is connected with the steering gear

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