steerage

indénombrable

A noun referring to the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship, or the act of steering a ship.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant les places les moins chères pour les passagers d'un navire, ou le processus de direction d'un navire.

1. Cheapest ship accommodations B2 formal

   The section of a passenger ship with the lowest cost and most basic facilities, historically used by immigrants and lower-class travelers.

   • Many immigrants traveled in steerage to reach America.
   • The conditions in steerage were cramped and uncomfortable.
   • He could only afford a ticket in steerage for the voyage.

   🇫🇷entrepont

   Synonymes: between decksthird class

   Antonymes: luxury

2. Act of steering a ship C1 formal

   The process or action of controlling the direction of a ship or vessel.

   • The captain was responsible for the steerage of the ship through the narrow channel.
   • Proper steerage requires skill and knowledge of the currents.
   • The crew practiced steerage maneuvers during the training exercise.

   🇫🇷Action de diriger un navire

   Synonymes: navigationpilotagepilotingsteering

• steerages plural form
• steerages' possessive plural form
• steerage's possessive singular form