Definition of Boat paddle

1. Noun. A short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat.

Exact synonyms: Paddle
Generic synonyms: Oar
Derivative terms: Paddle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boat Paddle

boat
boat-billed heron
boat-race
boat-shaped
boat-shaped abdomen
boat-tail
boat bug
boat bugs
boat club
boat conformation
boat deck
boat form
boat hook
boat lift
boat lifts
boat paddle (current term)
boat people
boat person
boat race
boat racing
boat shell
boat shells
boat shoe
boat shoes
boat train
boat trip
boat trips
boat whistle
boatable
boatage

Literary usage of Boat paddle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Irish Industrial Exhibition of 1853: A Detailed Catalogue of Its Contents by John Sproule (1854)
"Mo lei of steam-boat paddle-wheel 33. NORTON, CAPTAIN. Cork, Inventor.—Models of projectiles for military operations, &c. 34. REDMOND, J., Donnybrook-road, ..."

2. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"-baad wheel-boat; paddle-boat. -ben [pi] bandy-legs. -benet [a] bandy-legged, bow -legged, out-kneed, -bank wheel-trestle, -ber wheel-barrow. ..."

3. The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a by Peter Lund Simmonds (1858)
"PADDLE-BOX, the upper case or cover of the paddle-wheels in a steam vessel, sometimes removeable, and forming a kind of available life-boat PADDLE-HOLE, ..."

4. The Congo and the Founding of Its Free State: A Story of Work and Exploration by Henry Morton Stanley (1885)
"... paddle-boat, paddle-boxes, and other heavy material, and the next day I arrive at the station to hear that another European, Mr. Deanes, has succumbed; ..."

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