Noun
The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship.
The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the helm.
The hinder part of a vessel; the stern.
Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare.
Direction; regulation; management; guidance.
That by which a course is directed.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHowever, steerage is unaffected and directional accuracy is quite sharp. Source: Internet
There was a steerage ship of memory that shook across a great, circular sea: clustered, ill human beings; and through the thick-stained air, tiny fretting waters in a window round like the airplane's -- sun round, moon round. Source: Internet
I knew socially there was an underclass and a ruling class, and just like old steamships, it made sense to put steerage on the bottom and first class on the top. Source: Internet
Despite being of a higher status in society than Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff-Gordon, she is kind, and helps row the boat and even looks after the steerage passengers. Source: Internet
She arrived at Lyttelton 99 days later on 16 December 1850, with 34 cabin passengers, 15 intermediate and 161 steerage passengers. citation She was lost on 25 June 1851, on a reef off Amber Island (Mapon). Source: Internet
I looked around at the other passengers, all skin and bones but with a spark of hope in their eyes, hundreds of our fellow countrymen packed like rats in the steerage quarters. Source: Internet