paddle box

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noun

a structure enclosing a paddle wheel.

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Words nearby paddle box

Paddington, paddle, paddleball, paddleboard, paddleboat, paddle box, paddlefish, paddle one's own canoe, paddle steamer, paddle tennis, paddle wheel

How to use paddle box in a sentence

The Durande having settled down more on the larboard than on the starboard side, the right paddle-box was higher than the left.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo
The most rapid vessels are chosen for this service; they have the words, "United States Mail," painted on their paddle-box.
Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions)|Maximilian, Prinz von Wied
We had a ladder with us which just reached from the top of our paddle-box to about two feet below the sides of the vessel.
The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II|James H. Mapleson
With these facts the Professor scrambled from the larboard paddle-box of the Hibernia.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VI, November 1850, Vol. I|Various

So I went and sat down on the paddle-box and placed a boat hook at my side, to be ready should any one fall into the water.
The Hero of the Humber|Henry Woodcock