Associations to the word «Paddlewheel»

Wiktionary

PADDLEWHEEL, noun. A large wheel fitted with thick slats, turned by an engine and used to propel a boat
PADDLEWHEEL, noun. The name for a boat propelled by a paddlewheel

Dictionary definition

PADDLEWHEEL, noun. A large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats