paddle wheel

noun

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

Words nearby paddle wheel

paddle, paddle box, paddle one's own canoe, paddle steamer, paddle tennis, paddle wheel, paddle worm, paddleball, paddleboard, paddleboat, paddlefish

Origin of paddle wheel

First recorded in 1675–85

OTHER WORDS FROM paddle wheel

pad·dle-wheel, adjective

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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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