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STEERAGEWAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does steerageway mean?
• STEERAGEWAY (noun)
The noun STEERAGEWAY has 1 sense:
1. (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered
Familiarity information: STEERAGEWAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("steerageway" is a kind of...):
speed; velocity (distance travelled per unit time)
Domain category:
navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)
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