steerer
Example Sentences
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A drummer helps keeps the pace and a steerer keeps the boat on course.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2022
Adorned with dragon heads and tails, large boats typically hold 20 people — 18 paddlers, one steerer and one drummer, who sets the rhythm for the strokes, like a coxswain.
From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2021
There’s also a drummer and steerer on board.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2020
Frank Morgan, as a "steerer" of European tourists, poses as proprietor of a chateau in order to provide for his visiting daughter, Florence Rice.
From Time Magazine Archive
They saw why the boat steerer had called their attention, and they blanched—strong men that they were.
From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry
