Steerageway

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The minimum rate of motion required for a ship or boat to be maneuvered by the helm.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The minimum speed of a ship, below which it does not answer the helm and cannot be steered.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Nautical, that degree of forward movement or headway of a ship which renders her subject to the helm.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    speed    velocity   
    Cross Reference
    to make steerageway   
    Same Context
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