steerage

IPA: stˈɪrɪdʒ

(uncountable) The art of steering.
(countable) The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins.
(countable) The effect of the helm on a ship.

Examples of "steerage" in Sentences

But only because I was flying "steerage" -- economy class.
In another five minutes we had steerage from the filled sail, and
Besides, there was an equally good bunk all the way across the width of the steerage from the Chinaman's.
In another five minutes we had steerage from the filled sail, and Arnold Bentham was at the steering sweep.
Number 1: “They are still rowdy in steerage sir, a bunch of Indians and Chinese think they deserve to be up here in the First Class cocktail lounge”
"If she comes out of there," he said, "hard and snappy, putting us to windward of the boats, it's likely there'll be empty bunks in steerage and fo'c'sle."
“If she comes out of there,” he said, “hard and snappy, putting us to windward of the boats, it’s likely there’ll be empty bunks in steerage and fo’c’sle.”
a few strokes, so as to give the boat what they called steerage way, that is, way through the water, so that holding the paddle in one position or the other would steer it.