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paddle wheel
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paddle wheel
n.
A wheel with boards or paddles affixed around its circumference, usually driven by steam to propel a ship.
paddle-wheel (pdl-hwl, -wl) adj.
paddle wheel
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) a large wheel fitted with paddles, turned by an engine to propel a vessel on the water
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Noun1.paddle wheel - a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boatpaddle wheel - a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat
paddlewheel
paddle - a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
paddle box, paddle-box - a wooden covering for the upper part of a paddlewheel
wheel - a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
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As the ferry lurched from its moorings, the drunk toppled over the side and was killed by the churning paddle wheels.
Ferries to the fore; Maritime TALES by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Then its engine failed and the paddle wheels went dead in the water.
Storm took haul by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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