steerageway
English
WOTD – 4 January 2008
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Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɪə.ɹɪd͡ʒˌweɪ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈstiɹɪd͡ʒˌweɪ/
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Noun
steerageway (countable and uncountable, plural steerageways)
- (nautical) The minimum speed of a ship, below which it does not answer the helm and cannot be steered.
- 1902, Jack London, “chapter XII”, in The Cruise of the Dazzler:
- The latter made one tremendous spurt, then gave up in despair and hauled in his oars. French Pete let go the main-sheet, lost steerageway as he rounded up alongside the motionless skiff, and dragged Joe out.
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