What is the meaning of STEERING. Phrases containing STEERING
See meanings and uses of STEERING!Slangs & AI meanings
Day shapes hoisted up the mast in this way indicate that the vessel is "not under command". This usually occurs when the ship has a steering gear failure.
A knob on the steering wheel that allowed for one handed steering… (courtesy of Carolyn Tomlins)
Towards the right-hand side of a vessel facing forward. Denoted with a green light at night. Derived from the fact that the traditional steering oar or steerboard, which preceded the invention of the rudder, was usually on the right side.
A knob on the steering wheel to make turning easier (thank you Carolyn Tomlins for this one)
A lever used for steering, attached to the top of the rudderpost. Common in sailboats and small craft.
A space in aft part of the ship where the gear equipment for operating the ship's rudder is located. This space is often fitted with a mechanism that gives the ability to steer the ship, in the case of dire emergency when other methods of steering have been lost.
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Slangs & AI derived meanings
Crypt of Hearts. Can be mistaken for the cancelled MMO, City of Heroes.
Gay person (usually male)
Noun. A refuse collector, a dustbin man.
Have intercourse. Relatively common term, but not acceptable in polite society. Originally, term probably required a female subject, but either gender may be a subject today: ["John got laid last night."].
Noun. Eyes. Rhyming slang. Cf. 'mincers'. [Mid 1900s]
n The testicles.
  A house containing well-to-do occupants.
To give, provide.
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n.
A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.
v. t.
To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
n.
A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1.
v. t.
To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
n.
The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship.
n.
A small house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Steer
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A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering.
n.
A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
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A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering.
v. i.
An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats.
n.
The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.
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One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
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A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
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