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countable and uncountable, plural steerages
(uncountable) The art of steering. examples
(countable) The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins. quotations examples
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
1896, Henry Lawson, For`ard
“I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable. […] Steerage is like everything else maritime […] vastly improved since Robert Louis Stevenson took his trip third class to New York.”
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
(countable) The effect of the helm on a ship. examples