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-way

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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