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steering column

noun

  1. the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.


steering column

noun

  1. (in a motor vehicle) the shaft on which a steering wheel is mounted and by which it is connected with the steering gear
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of steering column1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

With difficulty I could still turn the shaft with my fingertips — about four millimeters of metal stuck out from the steering column — but it didn’t start the car.

There’s another electronic box atop the steering column too.

Its horn blared ceaselessly, jammed by the dead body of the driver, Henri Paul, pinioned on the steering column by the impact.

The brakes are applied by a control system mounted on the steering column.

She climbed to her seat behind the steering column and turned to Thompson.

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