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Definition of Paddle wheel
1. Noun. A large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat.
Definition of Paddle wheel
1. Noun. (nautical) A large wheel, fitted with paddles, used to propel a vessel (especially a paddle steamer) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paddle Wheel
Literary usage of Paddle wheel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1858)
"He placed a paddle-wheel on beams projecting over the stem, and it was turned by
an atmospheric steam-engine, acting in conjunction with a counterpoise ..."
2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"The action of a paddle-wheel of the common and of several modified forms may be
more readily comprehended by the diagrams published in the new edition of ..."
3. A Manual of Marine Engineering: comprising the designing, construction and by A. E. Seaton (1890)
"The Paddle-Wheel.—The oldest of these three forms is the paddle- wheel ; and
although the screw-propeller has almost entirely superseded it in sea-going ..."
4. The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated: With an Account of Its Invention by Dionysius Lardner (1840)
"In the year 1829 a patent was granted to Elijah Galloway for a paddle-wheel with
movable paddles, which patent was purchased by Mr. William Morgan, ..."
5. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"VA paddle-wheel ocean-liner—The hens, the cow, and the carpenter—WD Ticknor—Our
first Englishman—An aristocratic acrobat—Speech that beggars eulogy—The ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1842)
"On the Propulsion of Vessels by the Trapezium Paddle-wheel and Screw. ... It was
generally admitted that the paddle-wheel was the best means of propulsion ..."
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