steerage

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steerage

noun steerages

uncountable The art of steering.
countable The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins. It is stuffy in the steerage where the second-classers sleep, For there's near a hundred for'ard, and they're stowed away like sheep
countable The effect of the helm on a ship.

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noun cheapest class of accommodation in a ship

Español	antecámara
Deutsch	Zwischendeck
עברית	סִפּוּן בֵּּינַיִם sipun beynayim, בֵּינַת סִפּוּנִים beynat sipunim

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@misc{steerage_2026,
  title = {steerage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/steerage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}