Crossword clues for steerageway
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Steerageway
Steerageway \Steer"age*way`\ (-w[=a]`), n. (Naut.) A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm.
Wiktionary
steerageway
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
steerageway
n. (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered
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.