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Definition of Boat paddle
1. Noun. A short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boat Paddle
Literary usage of Boat paddle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Irish Industrial Exhibition of 1853: A Detailed Catalogue of Its Contents by John Sproule (1854)
"Mo lei of steam-boat paddle-wheel 33. NORTON, CAPTAIN. Cork, Inventor.—Models of
projectiles for military operations, &c. 34. REDMOND, J., Donnybrook-road, ..."
2. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"-baad wheel-boat; paddle-boat. -ben [pi] bandy-legs. -benet [a] bandy-legged,
bow -legged, out-kneed, -bank wheel-trestle, -ber wheel-barrow. ..."
3. The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a by Peter Lund Simmonds (1858)
"PADDLE-BOX, the upper case or cover of the paddle-wheels in a steam vessel,
sometimes removeable, and forming a kind of available life-boat PADDLE-HOLE, ..."
4. The Congo and the Founding of Its Free State: A Story of Work and Exploration by Henry Morton Stanley (1885)
"... paddle-boat, paddle-boxes, and other heavy material, and the next day I arrive
at the station to hear that another European, Mr. Deanes, has succumbed; ..."
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