steers|man|ship

steers|man|ship
steers|man|ship «STIHRZ muhn shihp», noun.
the office or art of a steersman; skill in steering.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • steers|man — «STIHRZ muhn», noun, plural men. a person who steers a boat or ship: »By and by…nearly every pilot on the river had a steersman (Mark Twain). SYNONYM(S): helmsman …   Useful english dictionary

  • helms´man|ship — helms|man «HEHLMZ muhn», noun, plural men. a man who steers a ship; steersman. –helms´man|ship, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • man — man·dae·an·ism; man·da·ic; man·da·la; man·da·ment; man·dan; man·dant; man·da·pa; man·dar; man·da·rin·ate; man·da·rin·ism; man·da·tary; man·da·tee; man·da·tor; man·da·to·ri·ly; man·da·tum; man·da·ya; man·de; man·de·ism; man·del·ate; man·del·ic;… …   English syllables

  • helms|man — «HEHLMZ muhn», noun, plural men. a man who steers a ship; steersman. –helms´man|ship, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • wheel|man — «HWEEL muhn», noun, plural men. 1. a man who steers a ship; helmsman. 2. a man who attends to a wheel in some piece of mechanism. 3. Informal. a male cyclist …   Useful english dictionary

  • helms·man — /ˈhɛlmzmən/ noun, pl men / mən/ [count] : a person (especially a man) who steers a ship or boat …   Useful english dictionary

  • Manchester Ship Canal — The Stolt Kittiwake heading toward the Mersey Estuary, 2005 Principal engineer Edward Leader Williams Date of act …   Wikipedia

  • Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works — Former type Private Industry Shipbuilding Predecessor Reaney, Son Archbold Successor Chester Shipbuilding Co. Founded 1871 …   Wikipedia

  • steersman — steers•man [[t]ˈstɪərz mən[/t]] n. pl. men navig. a person who steers a ship; helmsman • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME steresman, OE stēoresmann=stēor steering, helm (see steer I) + es s I+man man …   From formal English to slang

  • steersman — steers|man [ˈstıəzmən US ˈstırz ] n plural steersmen [ mən] someone who steers a ship …   Dictionary of contemporary English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”