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steering

noun B2
  1. Equipment used to control direction; something used to steer. (uncountable) · I hit a rock with my car and broke the steering.

Plural steerings

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However, those experienced in navigation saw plainly that if any accident had occurred, it was not to the vessel herself, for she bore down with all the evidence of being skilfully handled, the anchor a-cockbill, the jib-boom guys already eased off, and standing by the side of the pilot, who was steering the Pharaon towards the narrow entrance of the inner port, was a young man, who, with activity and vigilant eye, watched every motion of the ship, and repeated each direction of the pilot.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1 · C1
Wary of the weather and steering by a star?
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 2 · C1
Shall it be to Africa, a-steering of the boat,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 2 · C1

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