steeragen.

Brit.

/ˈstɪərɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈstɪrɪdʒ/

Forms: Middle English–1600s sterage, 1500s–1600s stirrage, 1600s stearage, stearidge, ( styrage, stieridge), 1600s–1700s steeridge, (1600s steeredge, 1700s steeradge), 1500s– steerage.

Etymology: < steer v.¹ + -age suffix.

a. The action, practice or method of steering a boat or ship; the guidance of a balloon or airship, rarely of a carriage.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > steering > [noun]

steeringc1220

governailc1384

steeragec1450

con1812

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > steering

steeringc1220

steeragec1450

c1450 Brut ii. 435 The foreseide barge, thorough mysgouernaunce of sterage, fill vpon the pilis.

1598 R. Hakluyt tr. E. van Meteren in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 602 The English shippes vsing their prerogatiue of nimble stirrage..came often times very neere vpon the Spaniards.

1654 J. Price Tyrants & Protectors 33 These Pilots by their ill steerage did split their Vessels.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 226 Having a strong Steerage with my Paddle, I went at a great rate, directly for the Wreck.

1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §93 The carriages..[having] a draught-tree for steerage and yoking the cattle to.

1805 Ld. Collingwood 16 Dec. in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1846) VII. 242 Had we to pass them from the leeward, it would have been still more difficult, as it required nice steerage.

1914 Q. Rev. Apr. 346 He discussed the problems of the propulsion and the steerage of such a body [sc. a balloon].

b. transferred of an animal or person.

ΚΠ

1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 73 When afterward..The Flies haue bor'd a passage through their clewes, Obserue their gate and steerage al along.

1774 Ann. Reg., Misc. 193/1 If I am not very accurate in my steerage, I am sure to tumble over a pail.

c. Phrase. (to be, stand) at the steerage. lit. and fig.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > steering > [phrase]

(to be, stand) at the steerage1688

1688 London Gaz. No. 2322/3 The Grand Signior went..in a Barge of 28 Oars,..the Bostangi Bachi..being..at the Steerage.

1733 J. Swift On Poetry 26 You raise the Honour of the Peerage, Proud to attend you at the Steerage.

1739 J. Swift Verses on Death Dr. Swift: Nov. 1731 (ed. 5) 37 While they who at the Steerage stood, And reapt the Profit, sought his Blood.

d. Of a ship: The action, method or ability of answering to the helm.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > ability to answer helm

steerage1653

1653 Fight Legorn-Road 16 Likewise was the Dutch Admiral singled out, and to the weatherward (which was occasioned by loss of her Stearidge, having her Rudder shot, as I heard).

1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 146 She..roll'd very much, and made bad Steerage.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Steerage is also used to express the effort of the helm; and hence Steerage-way.

†a. Management (of goods). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > management of goods

steerage1487

1487 Sc. Acts Parl. (1814) II. 178/2 Na man sale in the saidis partis in the way of merchandice bot..men haifand..half a last of gudis or samekle in sterage and gouernance.

b. The direction or government of affairs, the State, one's life. (Often with conscious metaphor.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration

dispositionc1374

ministrationc1390

disposing1406

procuration?a1425

guidingc1425

economy?1440

conduct1454

solicitation1492

regimenta1500

mayning1527

enterprisea1533

handlinga1538

conduction1565

manyment1567

disposure1569

conveyance1572

managing1579

disposement1583

government1587

carriage1589

manage1591

steerage1597

management1598

steering1599

manurance1604

fixing1605

dispose1611

administry?1616

husbandry1636

dispensatorship1637

admin1641

managery1643

disposal1649

mesnagery1653

contrectation1786

conducting1793

wielding1820

managership1864

operation1872

operating1913

case management1918

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 112 But he that hath the steerage of my course Directs my saile.

1636 E. Dacres in tr. N. Machiavelli Disc. 1st Decade T. Livius Ep. Ded. sig. A6 Your Grace may doe well to inable your selfe for the service of your Prince and Country, that being cald for into the steerage in turbulent times, not favour onely may give you a place there.

1688 Bp. Thomas in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 332 I pray God direct and prosper his steerage of the Church of England in these tempestuous times.

1783 W. Cowper Let. 15 Dec. (1981) II. 190 But now we float..as the wind drives us, for want of..that steerage which Invention..may be expected to supply.

1808 W. Scott Marmion i. Introd. 9 [He] With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage of the realm gave way!

1831 W. L. Bowles Life Bp. Ken II. xi. 190 Under the firm steerage of Walpole..the vessel of state held its way through all the storms of faction.

c. A course held or steered, esp. a course of conduct.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > (a) course of conduct or action

wayeOE

pathOE

waya1225

tracea1300

line13..

dancea1352

tenor1398

featc1420

faction1447

rink?a1500

footpath1535

trade1536

vein1549

tract1575

course1582

road1600

country dance1613

track1638

steeragea1641

rhumb1666

tack1675

conduct1706

walk1755

wheel-way1829

a1641 J. Webster et al. Cure for Cuckold (1661) iv. i. sig. F4 He bore his steerage true in every part, Led by the Compass of a noble heart.

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 41 If we marke the stearage of his words, what course they hold.

1789 Triumphs Fortitude I. 45 I would wish always to keep a steerage, rather than to be carried away by the stream of dissipation.

1827 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) I. viii. 296 There are no rocks, no shoals, for him whose steerage is ever regulated according to the true compass of the soul.

3. The steering apparatus:

a. of a boat.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > steering equipment > [noun]

helmc725

sternc1400

steerage1857

1857 P. M. Colquhoun Compan. Oarsman's Guide 30 The term steerage includes yoke-lines, yoke, and rudder.

1875 ‘R. H. Blake-Humfrey’ Eton Boating Bk. (ed. 2) 45 (note) This year [1845]..Silver Oars and Steerage [were given] to the winners of the Pulling.

b. of an agricultural machine. In quot. 1884 attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > steering apparatus of agricultural machines

steerage1884

1884 West Sussex Gaz. 25 Sept. 2/5 Capital front-steerage 13-coulter seed and corn drill,..steerage horse hoe.

c. steerage of his wings: Dryden's rendering of Latin remigium alarum, meaning wings viewed as instruments of rowing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > wing > steerage of wings

steerage of his wings1697

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 363 Dedalus..here alighting, built this costly Frame. Inscrib'd to Phœbus, here he hung on high The steerage of his Wings.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Ceyx & Alcyone 351.

1870 J. Ingelow Four Sonnets iv When..Down the steep slope of a long sunbeam brought, He[i.e. the eagle] stirs the wheat with the steerage of his wings.

4. That division of the after part of a ship which is immediately in front of the chief cabin; the second cabin. Also called †steerage room.In the 16th and 17th centuries this was the place from which the ship was steered. Early in the 18th cent. the wheel was placed on the open deck, so that the vessel was no longer steered from the ‘steerage’, which, however, retained its name.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > cabin > immediately in front of chief cabin

steerage1612

steerage room1626

1612 R. Coverte True Rep. Englishman 24 The Merchants had some 10000 l. lying betweene the maine Maste and the Stearidge.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 11 The Stearage. The Stearage roome, is before the great Cabin, where he that steareth the Ship doth alwaies stand.

1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. The Stieridge is the place where they Steere, out of which they may see the leech of the sailes.

1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ii. 25 This insolence being carried on in the steeradge.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Steerage, an apartment without the great cabin of a ship, from which it is separated by a thin partition. In large ships of war it is used as a hall through which it is necessary to pass..from the great cabin. In merchant-ships it is generally the habitation of the inferior officers and ship's crew.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xvi. 251 I went down into the most solitary place in the steerage, that I might enjoy it [sc. a letter] without interruption.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 71 The mate came down into the steerage, in fine trim for fun.

1864 R. Semmes Cruise Alabama & Sumter I. 269 Passing through the ward-room, the visitor entered the gun~room, or ‘steerage’, allotted on the starboard side to the midshipmen, and on the port to the engineers.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Steerage,..that part of the ship next below the quarter-deck, immediately before the bulkhead of the great cabin in most ships of war. The portion of the 'tween-decks just before the gun-room bulkhead.

5. The part of a passenger ship allotted to those passengers who travel at the cheapest rate. Also quasi-adverbial in to go, travel steerage.The steerage is now usually in the bow and on a lower deck.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > cabin > types of on passenger ship > part of ship for which fare is lowest

steerage1804

1804 W. Irving Life & Lett. (1864) I. 94 They sleep in the steerage, and leave the cabin to myself.

1816 R. Buchanan Propelling Vessels by Steam 24 Before the engine is the steerage or second cabin.

1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 287 There were twelve cabin passengers..and about an equal number of persons in the steerage.

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xvii. 219 It being necessary for me to observe strict economy, I took my passage in the steerage.

1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound 124 In the steerage we are told the thermometer reaches 109° in the shade. In our saloon 90° to 100° is the highest.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 20 June 4/2 He travelled steerage with a ship of emigrants.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

steerage door n.

ΚΠ

a1625 N. Roberts in Purchas Pilgrims II. 1578 Putting his foot against the Steeredge doore.

steerage-hole n.

ΚΠ

1855 R. Browning Bishop Blougram 357 Though you proved me doomed To a viler berth still, to the steerage-hole.

steerage-house n.

ΚΠ

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. iii. 73 There is no visible deck, even: nothing but a long, black, ugly roof..; above which tower two iron chimneys..and a glass steerage-house.

steerage passage n.

ΚΠ

1849 C. J. Lever Confess. Con Cregan I. xix. 298 I took a steerage passage.

steerage-power n.

ΚΠ

1869 Chambers's Jrnl. 29 May 338/1 By making the paddle-wheels revolve in opposite directions..perfect steerage-power is obtained.

C2.

Categories »

steerage country n. U.S. the open space in the middle of the steerage of a man-of-war, not occupied by berths or state-rooms ( Cent. Dict.).

steerage mess n. U.S. (see quot.).

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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > specific mess

steerage mess1891

fore-ends1940

1891 H. Patterson Illustr. Naut. Dict. 364 Steerage Mess. This mess is composed of midshipmen, ensigns, clerks and mates.

steerage officer n. U.S. (see quot.).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > officer with specific duty > [noun] > officer with general duties

salt horse1836

steerage officer1891

1891 H. Patterson Illustr. Naut. Dict. 386 Steerage Officers, midshipmen, cadet midshipmen, mates, cadet engineers, and ensigns when they do not perform duty as regular watch officers.

steerage-passenger n. one who occupies a berth in the steerage (sense 5) of a passenger-vessel.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > [noun] > passenger or types of

sitter1653

steerage-passenger1822

blood1929

cruiser1940

1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 91 A steerage passenger pays only about half the freight that is charged for a passage in the cabin of a ship.

1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 47 The deck of a steamer is supposed to be divided amidships by an imaginary line, aft of which the steerage passengers are expected not to intrude.

† steerage room n. Obsolete = sense 4.

ΚΠ

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 11 In the stearage roome, the whip, the bittakell, the trauas boord, the Compasse.

steerage-way n. a way or motion sufficient for the helm to have effect; also figurative.

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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > progress through water > sufficient for steering

steerage-way1769

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Lee-way A..ship..in a very light wind, and scarcely having steerage-way.

1868 J. R. Lowell Shakespeare once More in Among my Bks. (1870) 1st Ser. 211 Hamlet..never keeps on one tack long enough to get steerage-way.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	steerage
释义	steeragen. Brit. /ˈstɪərɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈstɪrɪdʒ/ Forms: Middle English–1600s sterage, 1500s–1600s stirrage, 1600s stearage, stearidge, ( styrage, stieridge), 1600s–1700s steeridge, (1600s steeredge, 1700s steeradge), 1500s– steerage. Etymology: < steer v.¹ + -age suffix. 1. a. The action, practice or method of steering a boat or ship; the guidance of a balloon or airship, rarely of a carriage. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > steering > [noun] steeringc1220 governailc1384 steeragec1450 con1812 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > steering steeringc1220 steeragec1450 c1450 Brut ii. 435 The foreseide barge, thorough mysgouernaunce of sterage, fill vpon the pilis. 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. E. van Meteren in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 602 The English shippes vsing their prerogatiue of nimble stirrage..came often times very neere vpon the Spaniards. 1654 J. Price Tyrants & Protectors 33 These Pilots by their ill steerage did split their Vessels. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 226 Having a strong Steerage with my Paddle, I went at a great rate, directly for the Wreck. 1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §93 The carriages..[having] a draught-tree for steerage and yoking the cattle to. 1805 Ld. Collingwood 16 Dec. in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1846) VII. 242 Had we to pass them from the leeward, it would have been still more difficult, as it required nice steerage. 1914 Q. Rev. Apr. 346 He discussed the problems of the propulsion and the steerage of such a body [sc. a balloon]. b. transferred of an animal or person. ΚΠ 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 73 When afterward..The Flies haue bor'd a passage through their clewes, Obserue their gate and steerage al along. 1774 Ann. Reg., Misc. 193/1 If I am not very accurate in my steerage, I am sure to tumble over a pail. c. Phrase. (to be, stand) at the steerage. lit. and fig. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > steering > [phrase] (to be, stand) at the steerage1688 1688 London Gaz. No. 2322/3 The Grand Signior went..in a Barge of 28 Oars,..the Bostangi Bachi..being..at the Steerage. 1733 J. Swift On Poetry 26 You raise the Honour of the Peerage, Proud to attend you at the Steerage. 1739 J. Swift Verses on Death Dr. Swift: Nov. 1731 (ed. 5) 37 While they who at the Steerage stood, And reapt the Profit, sought his Blood. d. Of a ship: The action, method or ability of answering to the helm. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > ability to answer helm steerage1653 1653 Fight Legorn-Road 16 Likewise was the Dutch Admiral singled out, and to the weatherward (which was occasioned by loss of her Stearidge, having her Rudder shot, as I heard). 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 146 She..roll'd very much, and made bad Steerage. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Steerage is also used to express the effort of the helm; and hence Steerage-way. 2. †a. Management (of goods). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > management of goods steerage1487 1487 Sc. Acts Parl. (1814) II. 178/2 Na man sale in the saidis partis in the way of merchandice bot..men haifand..half a last of gudis or samekle in sterage and gouernance. b. The direction or government of affairs, the State, one's life. (Often with conscious metaphor.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration dispositionc1374 ministrationc1390 disposing1406 procuration?a1425 guidingc1425 economy?1440 conduct1454 solicitation1492 regimenta1500 mayning1527 enterprisea1533 handlinga1538 conduction1565 manyment1567 disposure1569 conveyance1572 managing1579 disposement1583 government1587 carriage1589 manage1591 steerage1597 management1598 steering1599 manurance1604 fixing1605 dispose1611 administry?1616 husbandry1636 dispensatorship1637 admin1641 managery1643 disposal1649 mesnagery1653 contrectation1786 conducting1793 wielding1820 managership1864 operation1872 operating1913 case management1918 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 112 But he that hath the steerage of my course Directs my saile. 1636 E. Dacres in tr. N. Machiavelli Disc. 1st Decade T. Livius Ep. Ded. sig. A6 Your Grace may doe well to inable your selfe for the service of your Prince and Country, that being cald for into the steerage in turbulent times, not favour onely may give you a place there. 1688 Bp. Thomas in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 332 I pray God direct and prosper his steerage of the Church of England in these tempestuous times. 1783 W. Cowper Let. 15 Dec. (1981) II. 190 But now we float..as the wind drives us, for want of..that steerage which Invention..may be expected to supply. 1808 W. Scott Marmion i. Introd. 9 [He] With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage of the realm gave way! 1831 W. L. Bowles Life Bp. Ken II. xi. 190 Under the firm steerage of Walpole..the vessel of state held its way through all the storms of faction. c. A course held or steered, esp. a course of conduct. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > (a) course of conduct or action wayeOE pathOE waya1225 tracea1300 line13.. dancea1352 tenor1398 featc1420 faction1447 rink?a1500 footpath1535 trade1536 vein1549 tract1575 course1582 road1600 country dance1613 track1638 steeragea1641 rhumb1666 tack1675 conduct1706 walk1755 wheel-way1829 a1641 J. Webster et al. Cure for Cuckold (1661) iv. i. sig. F4 He bore his steerage true in every part, Led by the Compass of a noble heart. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 41 If we marke the stearage of his words, what course they hold. 1789 Triumphs Fortitude I. 45 I would wish always to keep a steerage, rather than to be carried away by the stream of dissipation. 1827 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) I. viii. 296 There are no rocks, no shoals, for him whose steerage is ever regulated according to the true compass of the soul. 3. The steering apparatus: a. of a boat. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > steering equipment > [noun] helmc725 sternc1400 steerage1857 1857 P. M. Colquhoun Compan. Oarsman's Guide 30 The term steerage includes yoke-lines, yoke, and rudder. 1875 ‘R. H. Blake-Humfrey’ Eton Boating Bk. (ed. 2) 45 (note) This year [1845]..Silver Oars and Steerage [were given] to the winners of the Pulling. b. of an agricultural machine. In quot. 1884 attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > steering apparatus of agricultural machines steerage1884 1884 West Sussex Gaz. 25 Sept. 2/5 Capital front-steerage 13-coulter seed and corn drill,..steerage horse hoe. c. steerage of his wings: Dryden's rendering of Latin remigium alarum, meaning wings viewed as instruments of rowing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > wing > steerage of wings steerage of his wings1697 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 363 Dedalus..here alighting, built this costly Frame. Inscrib'd to Phœbus, here he hung on high The steerage of his Wings. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Ceyx & Alcyone 351. 1870 J. Ingelow Four Sonnets iv When..Down the steep slope of a long sunbeam brought, He[i.e. the eagle] stirs the wheat with the steerage of his wings. 4. That division of the after part of a ship which is immediately in front of the chief cabin; the second cabin. Also called †steerage room.In the 16th and 17th centuries this was the place from which the ship was steered. Early in the 18th cent. the wheel was placed on the open deck, so that the vessel was no longer steered from the ‘steerage’, which, however, retained its name. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > cabin > immediately in front of chief cabin steerage1612 steerage room1626 1612 R. Coverte True Rep. Englishman 24 The Merchants had some 10000 l. lying betweene the maine Maste and the Stearidge. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 11 The Stearage. The Stearage roome, is before the great Cabin, where he that steareth the Ship doth alwaies stand. 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. The Stieridge is the place where they Steere, out of which they may see the leech of the sailes. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ii. 25 This insolence being carried on in the steeradge. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Steerage, an apartment without the great cabin of a ship, from which it is separated by a thin partition. In large ships of war it is used as a hall through which it is necessary to pass..from the great cabin. In merchant-ships it is generally the habitation of the inferior officers and ship's crew. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xvi. 251 I went down into the most solitary place in the steerage, that I might enjoy it [sc. a letter] without interruption. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 71 The mate came down into the steerage, in fine trim for fun. 1864 R. Semmes Cruise Alabama & Sumter I. 269 Passing through the ward-room, the visitor entered the gun~room, or ‘steerage’, allotted on the starboard side to the midshipmen, and on the port to the engineers. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Steerage,..that part of the ship next below the quarter-deck, immediately before the bulkhead of the great cabin in most ships of war. The portion of the 'tween-decks just before the gun-room bulkhead. 5. The part of a passenger ship allotted to those passengers who travel at the cheapest rate. Also quasi-adverbial in to go, travel steerage.The steerage is now usually in the bow and on a lower deck. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > cabin > types of on passenger ship > part of ship for which fare is lowest steerage1804 1804 W. Irving Life & Lett. (1864) I. 94 They sleep in the steerage, and leave the cabin to myself. 1816 R. Buchanan Propelling Vessels by Steam 24 Before the engine is the steerage or second cabin. 1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 287 There were twelve cabin passengers..and about an equal number of persons in the steerage. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xvii. 219 It being necessary for me to observe strict economy, I took my passage in the steerage. 1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound 124 In the steerage we are told the thermometer reaches 109° in the shade. In our saloon 90° to 100° is the highest. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 20 June 4/2 He travelled steerage with a ship of emigrants. Compounds C1. General attributive. steerage door n. ΚΠ a1625 N. Roberts in Purchas Pilgrims II. 1578 Putting his foot against the Steeredge doore. steerage-hole n. ΚΠ 1855 R. Browning Bishop Blougram 357 Though you proved me doomed To a viler berth still, to the steerage-hole. steerage-house n. ΚΠ 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. iii. 73 There is no visible deck, even: nothing but a long, black, ugly roof..; above which tower two iron chimneys..and a glass steerage-house. steerage passage n. ΚΠ 1849 C. J. Lever Confess. Con Cregan I. xix. 298 I took a steerage passage. steerage-power n. ΚΠ 1869 Chambers's Jrnl. 29 May 338/1 By making the paddle-wheels revolve in opposite directions..perfect steerage-power is obtained. C2. Categories » steerage country n. U.S. the open space in the middle of the steerage of a man-of-war, not occupied by berths or state-rooms ( Cent. Dict.). steerage mess n. U.S. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > specific mess steerage mess1891 fore-ends1940 1891 H. Patterson Illustr. Naut. Dict. 364 Steerage Mess. This mess is composed of midshipmen, ensigns, clerks and mates. steerage officer n. U.S. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > officer with specific duty > [noun] > officer with general duties salt horse1836 steerage officer1891 1891 H. Patterson Illustr. Naut. Dict. 386 Steerage Officers, midshipmen, cadet midshipmen, mates, cadet engineers, and ensigns when they do not perform duty as regular watch officers. steerage-passenger n. one who occupies a berth in the steerage (sense 5) of a passenger-vessel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > [noun] > passenger or types of sitter1653 steerage-passenger1822 blood1929 cruiser1940 1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 91 A steerage passenger pays only about half the freight that is charged for a passage in the cabin of a ship. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 47 The deck of a steamer is supposed to be divided amidships by an imaginary line, aft of which the steerage passengers are expected not to intrude. † steerage room n. Obsolete = sense 4. ΚΠ 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 11 In the stearage roome, the whip, the bittakell, the trauas boord, the Compasse. steerage-way n. a way or motion sufficient for the helm to have effect; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > progress through water > sufficient for steering steerage-way1769 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Lee-way A..ship..in a very light wind, and scarcely having steerage-way. 1868 J. R. Lowell Shakespeare once More in Among my Bks. (1870) 1st Ser. 211 Hamlet..never keeps on one tack long enough to get steerage-way. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1450
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