steersmen
- plural of steersman.
Example Sentences
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All rigging whole and all hands well, we rested, letting the wind and steersmen work the ships, for five days; on the fifth we made the delta.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
With a nod of his head to all, he spoke quickly in the Cree language to his steersmen.
From On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland by Sayler, H. L. (Harry Lincoln)
Some of these tumble the big ship about, till the steersmen feel her going almost regardless of the rudder.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne
Now and again across the water came the curious droning song of the Cree steersmen, musical but wild.
From Young Alaskans in the Far North by Hough, Emerson
The two white men themselves, and their two steersmen, could not find shelter in the same way, being bound to stand erect in order to keep the rafts in midstream.
From Settlers and Scouts by Strang, Herbert
