A large (typically steam-driven) wheel with paddles or boards fitted around its circumference, situated at the stern or on each side of a ship, and…
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > paddle-wheel (15) paddle wheel1685 A large (typically steam-driven) wheel with paddles or boards fitted around its circumference, situated at the stern or on each side of a ship, and… waterwheel1787 A paddle wheel on a boat or ship. Now rare. paddle1833 Originally: each of the arms or spokes radiating from a revolving drum, axle, or wheel on a boat, and passing in turn through the water so as to… wheel1842 Various mechanical contrivances. = paddle wheel, n. Subcategories:— types of (3) — one of boards of (4) — shaft of (1) — beam supporting (1) — casing of (2) |
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