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Definition of Sternwheeler
1. Noun. A paddle steamer having the paddle wheel in the stern.
Definition of Sternwheeler
1. n. A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels.
Definition of Sternwheeler
1. Noun. (nautical) A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a single paddle wheel positioned at the stern ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sternwheeler
Literary usage of Sternwheeler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lewis And Clark Road Trips: Exploring the Trail Across America by Kira Gale (2006)
"VALLEY GEM sternwheeler MARIETTA The modern sternwheeler riverboat provides a
relaxing cruise on the Ohio River. The paddle- wheel boat is United States ..."
2. Adventure Guide to the Pacific Northwest by Don Young, Marjorie Young (1999)
"The Columbia Gorge sternwheeler, « 541/223-3928 or 541/374-8427, ... Then, at
the end of June, Hood River's "sternwheeler Days" celebrate the return of the ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"... Old Calabar in the stem- wheeler Beecroft for the purpose of proceeding, if
possible, to the Rapids of the Crosa River. The Beecroft is a sternwheeler ..."
4. The Essence of Stigler by George Joseph Stigler, Kurt R. Leube, Thomas Gale Moore (1986)
"... might have gained, and could scarcely lose, by translation) when treating
population; a Mississippi sternwheeler when discussing cotton and slavery. ..."
5. British Columbia Adventure Guide by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2004)
"The sternwheeler is 24 feet wide, with 20 paddles that are each 20 feet long.
Moored next to the Sicamous is the Naramata, also built in 1914. ..."
6. The Ohio River: A Course of Empire by Archer Butler Hulbert (1906)
"Captain Dexter, with the Charley Bowen, a plucky, fast, and excellent little
sternwheeler, which the year before he had brought from the Muskingum River, ..."
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