Definitions for: Steerage

[n] the act of steering a ship
[n] the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship

Webster (1913) Definition: Steer"age, n.
1. The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the
steerage of a ship.

He left the city, and, in a most tempestuous season,
forsook the helm and steerage of the common wealth.
--Milton.

2. (Naut.)
(a) The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which
an individual ship is affected by the helm.
(b) The hinder part of a vessel; the stern. [R.] --Swift.
(c) Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel,
under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any
part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and
occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare.

3. Direction; regulation; management; guidance.

He that hath the steerage of my course. --Shak.

4. That by which a course is directed. [R.]

Here he hung on high, The steerage of his wings.
--Dryden.

Steerage passenger, a passenger who takes passage in the
steerage of a vessel.

Synonyms: steering

See Also: accommodation, control, navigation, sailing, seafaring

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