Associations to the word «Sternwheeler»

Wiktionary

STERNWHEELER, noun. (nautical) A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a single paddle wheel positioned at the stern

Dictionary definition

STERNWHEELER, noun. A paddle steamer having the paddle wheel in the stern.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope