单词 | wheel-boat |
释义 | > as lemmaswheel-boat wheel-boat n. a boat with wheels, esp. (Scottish) a steamboat with paddle-wheels. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [noun] > having wheels wheel-boat1834 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by paddles > paddle-steamer riverboat1565 wheel-boat1834 paddle steamer1848 paddlewheeler1876 paddler1890 paddle1897 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. viii. 101 ‘How did you come from Glasgow?’ ‘By the wheel-boat, or steam-boat, as they ca'd it, to Lunnon.’ 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Wheel-boat, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water or upon inclined planes or railways. < as lemmas |
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