transitive. To modify (a steamboat paddle) by moving the float-boards nearer to the centre of the wheel. Obsolete.
| 单词 | θ203693 |
| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > propelling other than by sail or oars > propel boat other than by sail or oars [verb (transitive)] > adjust paddle-wheel floats (2) reef1834 transitive. To modify (a steamboat paddle) by moving the float-boards nearer to the centre of the wheel. Obsolete. feather1848 To fix (paddle-boards) so as to offer the least resistance while entering and leaving the water. (Cf. feathering, adj. b.) |
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