sidewheel
Origin of sidewheel
1Words Nearby sidewheel
Other definitions for side-wheel (2 of 2)
having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
Origin of side-wheel
2Other words from side-wheel
- side-wheeler, noun
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How to use sidewheel in a sentence
We marched to the levee and from there on board the big sidewheel steamer, Empress.
The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 | Leander StillwellThe ancient sidewheel steamer was small and there were few passengers on the upper deck, forward.
Janice Day | Helen Beecher LongThe old semaphore of Telegraph Hill would have worn itself out signaling sidewheel steamers had it still been in operation.
A Wounded Name | Charles KingOf these steam frigates, six are screw, and three sidewheel.
British Dictionary definitions for sidewheel
/ (ˈsaɪdˌwiːl) /
one of the paddle wheels of a sidewheeler
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