: a wheel with paddles around its circumference used to propel a boat
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That order sent the paddle wheel going and the deckhand was tragically killed.—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025 Driven by massive wooden paddle wheels, the ship harkens back to the 1800s when steamboats would regularly be seen traveling the 310-mile St. Johns.—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2025 To be sure, a few in the fleet of eight are no longer steam powered, but the big red paddle wheels on either side remain a romantic element.—John Oseid, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025 Famous Queens Landing boats The waterfront site was most notably known for its 149-passenger Catawba Queen, a Mississippi River paddle wheel boat that offered sightseeing and dinner cruises.—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for paddle wheel
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