paddle wheel
a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly.
Origin of paddle wheel
1Other 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 TrevithickIn 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. ThurstonThe 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. ThurstonAll 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 WellsWith 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
a large wheel fitted with paddles, turned by an engine to propel a vessel on the water
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