Meaning & use
steerage
The cheapest, most basic accommodation on a passenger ship, historically located near the steering machinery.
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Millions of immigrants crossed the Atlantic in steerage during the late nineteenth century.
Conditions in steerage were cramped, with little privacy and poor ventilation.
A note on using this word
Steerage disappeared as a class of travel once air travel replaced long ocean voyages for most passengers.
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