paddle wheel
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of paddle wheel
First recorded in 1675–85
Example Sentences
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A paddle wheel would turn a shaft that propelled gears that moved belts to make products like candles, felt and wire.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2020
The gentle current, kicked up by a creaky paddle wheel, terrifies nobody.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2019
Later, people on Malaske’s boat saw a duck boat passenger “hanging on for dear life” to the paddle wheel of the Belle, he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2018
The lake’s water level is so low this year that a paddle wheel tour boat ran aground on a sandbar Aug. 4.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 19, 2014
In the suffocating cabin, maddened by the vibration of the metal plates and the unbearable stench of the mud stirred up by the paddle wheel, Meme lost track of the days.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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