Definition of Paddle box

1. Noun. A wooden covering for the upper part of a paddlewheel.

Exact synonyms: Paddle-box
Generic synonyms: Covering
Group relationships: Paddle Wheel, Paddlewheel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paddle Box

padawan
padawans
paddability
padded
padder
padders
paddies
padding
paddings
paddlane
paddlanes
paddle
paddle-box
paddle-wheeler
paddle board
paddle box (current term)
paddle shifter
paddle shifters
paddle steamer
paddle wheel
paddleball
paddleboard
paddleboarder
paddleboarders
paddleboards
paddleboat
paddleboats
paddlecock
paddlecocks

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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