sternwheel

American  

[sturn-hweel, -weel] / ˈstɜrn ʰwil, -ˌwil /

noun

Nautical.

1. a paddle wheel at the stern of a vessel.

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Etymology

Origin of sternwheel

First recorded in 1810–20; stern ² + wheel

Example Sentences

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sternwheel

Bit by bit he drew from me the story of my wanderings, and shook his head over it, assuring me that Missouri river sternwheel men were a hard lot.

From The Land of Frozen Suns by Bertrand W. Sinclair

I knew enough of the river-boat way to avoid open clashing with sternwheel folk.

From The Land of Frozen Suns by Bertrand W. Sinclair

Hill was the Mississippi steamboat agent at one end; at the other, an old Hudson Bay trader, Norman W. Kittson, ran two little old sternwheel steamboats from Breckenridge to Winnipeg.

From The Railroad Builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states by John Moody

Q. His revelations as to his past were confined to memories of things which happened "when I was cuttin' wood down the Mississippi," or "when I was runnin' on an Ohio sternwheel."

From Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures by John McElroy

But she answered gallantly to the call, and glided out of the way just is the broad bow of the sternwheel steamboat came along, raising a white, foam-crested wave as she breasted the swift current.

From Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie by Louis Arundel