单词 | paddle-beam |
释义 | > as lemmaspaddle-beam paddle-beam n. Shipbuilding (now historical) either of two large beams lying across a paddle boat, one in front of and one behind the paddle wheel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > paddle-wheel > beam supporting paddle-beam1839 1839 I. K. Brunel Rep. 12 June in R. R. Sellman Life I. K. Brunel (1971) ix. 250 This includes..all those extras which were applied to the ‘Great Western’, and also the paddle beams and paddle-wheels. 1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xv. 278 Paddle-boxes are usually built upon a framing, of which the paddlebeams form the athwartship, and the spring-beams the longitudinal boundaries. < as lemmas |
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