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Noun: paddlewheel
  1. A large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat
    "The historic steamboat's paddlewheel churned the river water as it moved upstream";
    - paddle wheel

Derived forms: paddlewheels, paddle wheels

Type of: wheel

Encyclopedia: Paddlewheel