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Definition of Paddle-box
1. Noun. A wooden covering for the upper part of a paddlewheel.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paddle-box
Literary usage of Paddle-box
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Shipbuilding: A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of by A. Campbell Holms (1918)
"A platform termed the " wing " is thus formed before and abaft the paddle box.
In American river steamers it is carried from stem to stern, affording large ..."
2. A Treatise on the Steam Engine in Its Application to Mines, Mills, Steam by John Bourne, Artizan Club (London, England) (1851)
"The brackets supporting the paddle- box steps should consist of circular pieces
running round the paddle-box from step to step, as when put on with ..."
3. A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases (1880)
"... extending out sufficiently from the sides of paddle-wheel steamers to receive
the spring.beam ; a frame is thus formed on which to erect the paddle-box. ..."
4. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1853)
"... and his own attention so entirely devoted to the great object of getting the
paddle-box life-boats afloat and making the shore, that his opposition was ..."
5. A Treatise on the Steam Engine in Its Application to Mines, Mills, Steam by Artizan club (London, England) (1853)
"The brackets supporting the paddle- box steps should consist of circular pieces
running round the paddle-box from step to step, as when put on with isolated ..."
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