sternwheeler
a boat propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
Origin of sternwheeler
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How to use sternwheeler in a sentence
His boat was a “stern-wheeler,” and is stated to have been capable of steaming five miles an hour.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine | Robert H. ThurstonIn this model Fitch shifted the paddles from the sides to the rear, thus anticipating in principle the modern stern-wheeler.
The Paths of Inland Commerce | Archer B. HulbertThere was another boat that left Paducah the same time we did, the "Masonic Gem," a stern-wheeler about the same size of our boat.
The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 | Leander StillwellA type of river steamer which will amaze the American is an old stern-wheeler run by man power.
The Critic in the Orient | George Hamlin FitchShe was a small stern-wheeler, not unlike the boats which run on the upper Missouri.
The Trail of the Goldseekers | Hamlin Garland
British Dictionary definitions for stern-wheeler
a vessel, esp a riverboat, propelled by a large paddle wheel at the stern: Compare sidewheeler
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