a usu wooden implement similar to but smaller than an oar, used to propel and steer a small craft, e.g. a canoe
an implement with a short handle and broad flat blade used for stirring and, mixing, hitting, etc
any of the broad boards at the circumference of a paddle wheel or waterwheel
a flattened limb or flipper of a bird or mammal that swims
[Middle English padell; earlier history unknown]