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paddle-box

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Noun1.paddle-box - a wooden covering for the upper part of a paddlewheel
paddle box
covering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
paddle wheel, paddlewheel - a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat
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The captain appears on the paddle-box with his speaking trumpet; the officers take their stations; all hands are on the alert; the flagging hopes of the passengers revive; the cooks pause in their savoury work, and look out with faces full of interest.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
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