steerage
pronunciation
How to pronounce steerage in British English:
UK [ˈstɪərɪdʒ]
How to pronounce steerage in American English:
US [ˈstɪrɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship
- the act of steering a ship
Word Origin
- steerage (n.)
- c. 1400, "steering apparatus of a ship;" mid-15c., "action of steering," from steer (v.) + -age. Meaning "part of a ship in front of the chief cabin" is from 1610s; originally in the rear of the ship where the steering apparatus was, it retained the name after the introduction of the deck wheel in early 18c.; hence meaning "section of a ship with the cheapest accommodations," first recorded 1804, later found in the front part of a ship.
Example
- 1. Would your wife travel steerage ?
- 2. The ship went with easy steerage .
- 3. Passengers traveling in the steerage paid the lowest fares .
- 4. Dean 's family were steerage passengers setting out from the english port of southampton for a new life in the united states .
- 5. They would have to go steerage on the ship , but it was only three days after all .