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Pilot's concern
Answer for the clue "Pilot's concern ", 11 letters:
steerageway
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (context nautical English) The minimum speed of a ship, below which it does not answer the helm and cannot be steered. n. (context nautical English) The minimum speed of a ship, below which it does not answer the helm and cannot be steered.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Steerageway \Steer"age*way`\ (-w[=a]`), n. (Naut.) A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm.
Usage examples of steerageway.
WE FLOATED down the Tiber, the rowers plying their oars but just sufficiently to give the ship steerageway, and then through the harbor at Ostia and out upon the blue Mediterranean.