paddle wheel

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noun

a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly.

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Origin of paddle wheel

First recorded in 1675–85

OTHER WORDS FROM paddle wheel

paddle-wheel, adjective

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How to use paddle wheel in a sentence

The 'Syria' was originally a paddle-wheel steamer, having oscillating cylinders worked with steam of 25 lbs.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
In the same vessel he adopted a feathering paddle-wheel and the guard-beam now universally seen in our river steamboats.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine|Robert H. Thurston
The screw was found to possess many advantages over the paddle-wheel as an instrument for ship-propulsion.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine|Robert H. Thurston
All these were paddle-wheel boats, and paddle-wheel boats are not adapted to work in heavy seas.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George Wells

With chain or rope traction there is no loss by slip or oblique action, as in both screw and paddle-wheel propulsion.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine|Robert H. Thurston

British Dictionary definitions for paddle wheel

paddle wheel

noun

a large wheel fitted with paddles, turned by an engine to propel a vessel on the water

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paddle wheel

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