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side-wheel

[sahyd-hweel, -weel]
adjective
  1. having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.

Origin of side-wheel

First recorded in 1855–60
Related formsside-wheel·er, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for sidewheeler

sidewheeler

noun
  1. a vessel, esp a river boat, propelled by two large paddle wheels, one on each sideCompare stern-wheeler
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