Middle English Dictionary Entry
stẹ̄rāǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stẹ̄rāǧe n. |
| Etymology | From stẹ̄r(e n.(2) or stẹ̄ren v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The steering apparatus of a ship; (b) the steering of a barge.
Associated quotations
a
- (1399-1401) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 1128 : In viij clauis et j henge ferri emptis de Willelmo Merssh et expenditis in le Sterage dicte Balengere..xviij d.
b
- c1450(c1430) Brut-1430 (Glb E.8)435/35 : The..barge, thorough mysgouernaunce of sterage, fill vpon the pilis.