paddlewheeler

English

Paddlewheeler on the Yukon River

Etymology

From paddlewheel +‎ -er.

Noun

paddlewheeler (plural paddlewheelers)

1. A boat propelled by paddlewheel.
   • 1987, Bob Whittier, Paddle wheel steamers and their giant engines, page 39:

     People along rivers and the coast who used rowboats and small sailboats for fishing and ferrying learned to dread the sound of a paddlewheeler coming through the mist.

   • 1995, Cassie Edwards, Savage Pride, page 23:

     A long drawn-out whistle from a paddlewheeler filled the air.

   • 1999, Graham Wilson, Paddlewheelers of Alaska and the Yukon, page 57:

     In the foreground is the deck of the paddlewheeler she is racing.