side-wheel

adjective

ˈsīd-ˌ(h)wēl 

: of or being a steamer having a paddle wheel on each side

side-wheeler

ˈsīd-ˌ(h)wē-lər 

noun

Examples of side-wheel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Story of the steamboat Washoe The Washoe was a 385-ton side-wheel paddleboat with four 32-foot-long iron boilers set on the deck, the Deadliest American Disasters site said. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026

The Montana, a 235-foot side-wheel steamer that sank in 1914, sits in 66 feet with her boiler and three-story steam engine still standing. — Stacy Conde, Midwest Living, 10 Aug. 2026

Fire killed over 1,000 of about 1,350 people aboard the steamboat PS General Slocum, a side-wheel passenger ship. — USA Today, 2 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for side-wheel

• bookmobile
• cochineal
• nonideal
• peroneal
• philomel
• snowmobile
• waterwheel
• abele
• alkyl
• anneal
• appeal
• cartwheel