outsteam

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English

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Etymology

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From out- +‎ steam.

Verb

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outsteam (third-person singular simple present outsteams, present participle outsteaming, simple past and past participle outsteamed)

  1. (transitive) To travel further or faster by steam power.
    • 2018, George Griffith, The Syren of the Skies & The Angel of the Revolution:
      He fully believed that he could outsteam the vessels to the south-east, and, once past these, he knew that he would be in touch with the British ships at the next station before any harm could come to him.