paddle box
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Returning to the charge, the Queen struck the Indianola abaft the paddle box, crushing her frame and loosening some plates of armor, but received the fire of the guns from the rear casemates.
From Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War by Taylor, Richard
Some were seated upon a settee that was placed there against the side of the paddle box, and others were standing around them.
From Rollo on the Atlantic by Abbott, Jacob
We ran against one of these trees, somewhat sideways luckily for us, but it stood up on end, and amid a frightful noise, and a little momentary consternation, carried away one paddle box and wheel.
From Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville by Loyd, Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson)
Across her pilot house was a gilt sign reading "Georgia"—and on her paddle box, as she swung around, appeared another "Georgia," in large black letters.
From Gold Seekers of '49 by Stephens, Charles H.
And the very next steamboat from the lower country, the great heavy Duke of Orleans, with a green half moon of lattice work in each paddle box, brought the convalescent Henry and his friend.
From Duffels by Eggleston, Edward
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