steerage way

A form of steerageway — The minimum speed of a ship, below which it does not answer the helm and cannot be steered.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounsteerage way (countable and uncountable, plural steerage ways)

plural steerage ways

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of steerageway.
Cite this entry
APA

steerage way. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steerage%20way

MLA

“steerage way.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steerage%20way. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “steerage way,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steerage%20way.

Source: steerage way on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.