Definition of "steering gear" []

• The mechanism by which dispositions of the steering controls of a vehicle are transferred to the part that interacts with the external medium. (noun)

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• "Within six minutes, Hardy’s steering gear was disabled, the ship was on fire, the engine room telegraph was cut, and the captain was commanding the ship from the engine room hatchway."
• "One of Carnarvon’s shots had buckled Gneisenau’s armored deck, jamming it against the steering gear and forcing the ship into a slow, involuntary turn to starboard."