"steerageway" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1902, Jack London, “chapter XII”, in The Cruise of the Dazzler",
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        "The minimum speed of a ship, below which it does not answer the helm and cannot be steered."
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        "(nautical) The minimum speed of a ship, below which it does not answer the helm and cannot be steered."
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          "word": "steerage way"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "he'anut lahege",
          "sense": "minimum speed of a ship",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "הֵעָנוּת לַהֶגֶה"
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          "sense": "minimum speed of a ship",
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          ],
          "word": "prędkość sterowna"
        },
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          "sense": "minimum speed of a ship",
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "he'anut lahege",
      "sense": "minimum speed of a ship",
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        "feminine"
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