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
He is a kind of personification of what every boy's mother wants him to be when he grows up: fairminded, respected, a good mixer, and an unswerving steerer down the middle of the road.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hinder section is the family kitchen, where all the meals are cooked, and where, too, the steerer stands when he is guiding the boat.
From Sidelights on Chinese Life by J. (John) Macgowan
