Paddlewheeler
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A boat propelled by paddlewheel.
"People along rivers and the coast who used rowboats and small sailboats for fishing and ferrying learned to dread the sound of a paddlewheeler coming through the mist."
Example
More examples"People along rivers and the coast who used rowboats and small sailboats for fishing and ferrying learned to dread the sound of a paddlewheeler coming through the mist."
Etymology
From paddlewheel + -er.
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