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side-wheel

American  
[sahyd-hweel, -weel] / ˈsaɪdˌʰwil, -ˌwil /

adjective

  1. having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.


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Etymology

Origin of side-wheel

First recorded in 1855–60

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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

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

The side-wheel riverboats that Rudyard Kipling wrote about in the far-off days of the Empire are disappearing fast.

From Time Magazine Archive

Central America, a side-wheel steamer that sank 133 years ago with as much as 6 tons of gold on board.

From Time Magazine Archive

Our Paraguay armada consists of canal-boats, and side-wheel steamers.

From Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 by D. W. Bartlett

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