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• paddle steamer — (also paddle boat) ► NOUN ▪ a boat powered by steam and propelled by paddle wheels …   English terms dictionary

• paddle steamer — paddle .steamer also paddle boat n BrE a large old fashioned boat that moves by using steam to drive a large wheel attached to the side …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Paddle steamer — A paddle steamer is a ship or boat driven by a steam engine that uses one or more paddle wheels to develop thrust for propulsion. It is also a type of steamboat. Boats with paddle wheels on the sides are termed sidewheelers, while those with a… …   Wikipedia

• Paddle steamer Stadt Zürich — Stadt Zürich in 2009 Career (Switzerland) …   Wikipedia

• paddle steamer — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms paddle steamer : singular paddle steamer plural paddle steamers a large boat that moves by using steam which pushes a set of paddles joined together in the shape of a large wheel …   English dictionary

• Alexander Arbuthnot (paddle steamer) — The Alexander Arbuthnot is the last paddle steamer built as a working boat on the Murray River, Australia. Not to be confused with the steam ship Arbuthnot, a vessel of 41 tons which was burnt at Murrumbidgee junction, Murray River, 1913… …   Wikipedia

• Paddle steamer Genève — The Genève is the oldest steam paddle ship of Leman Lake. Genève was built in 1896 by Sulzer for the Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le lac Léman. She was launched for the Swiss national exhibition in Geneva. Genève was the theater of the… …   Wikipedia

• paddle steamer — noun a boat powered by steam and propelled by paddle wheels …   English new terms dictionary

• paddle steamer — noun (C) BrE a steamboat (=a large boat driven by steam) which is pushed forward by two large wheels at the sides; side­wheel AmE …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Orion (paddle steamer) — Orion was a G J Burns paddle steamer built by Caird Co in 1847, which sank off Portpatrick Lighthouse,[1] Wigtownshire, Scotland, in June 1850 on its way from Liverpool to Glasgow, with the loss of 50 lives. The captain was found guilty of the… …   Wikipedia

• paddle boat — noun A paddle steamer • • • Main Entry: ↑paddle * * * paddle boat UK US noun [countable] [singular paddle boat plural paddle boats …   Useful english dictionary