side-wheel
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- side-wheeler noun
Etymology
Origin of side-wheel
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Shelburne Museum is a quirky and vast collection of Americana and folk art, where you’ll find the 220-foot side-wheel steamboat Ticonderoga.
From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2019
The side-wheel riverboats that Rudyard Kipling wrote about in the far-off days of the Empire are disappearing fast.
From Time Magazine Archive
At last, late this May, the Buta okapi boarded a side-wheel steamer at Stanleyville and started down the Congo River.
From Time Magazine Archive
But in 1847 a little side-wheel steamer began to take trippers to Coney from Manhattan at 50� a head.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our ship was a side-wheel steamer of about a thousand tons, and she carried two hundred and eighty passengers, which was about two hundred more than her regular complement.
From Gold by White, Stewart Edward
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