- side-wheeler
- noun see side-wheel
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
side-wheeler
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side-wheeler — side wheel·er (sīdʹhwē lər, wē ) n. A side wheel steamboat. * * * … Universalium
side-wheeler — side wheel|er [ˈsaıdˌwi:lə US ər] n AmE an old fashioned type of ship which is pushed forward by a pair of large wheels at the sides British Equivalent: paddle steamer … Dictionary of contemporary English
side-wheeler — noun a paddle steamer having a paddle wheel on each side • Hypernyms: ↑paddle steamer, ↑paddle wheeler … Useful english dictionary
side-wheeler — noun N. Amer. a steamer with paddle wheels on either side … English new terms dictionary
side-wheeler — noun (C) AmE an old fashioned type of ship which is pushed forward by a pair of large wheels at the sides; paddle steamer BrE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Wheeler — Wheel er, n. [1913 Webster] 1. One who wheels, or turns. [1913 Webster] 2. A maker of wheels; a wheelwright. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 3. A wheel horse. See under {Wheel}. [1913 Webster] 4. (Naut.) A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wheeler — [hwē′lər, wē′lər] n. 1. a person or thing that wheels 2. WHEEL HORSE (sense 1) 3. something having a (specified) kind or number of wheels: used in hyphenated compounds [side wheeler, two wheeler] … English World dictionary
side-wheel — ☆ side wheel [sīd′hwēl΄, sīd′wēl΄ ] adj. designating a steamboat having a paddle wheel on each side side wheeler n … English World dictionary
side-wheel|er — «SYD HWEE luhr», noun. a side wheel steamer: »in 1839, twenty years after the “side wheeler” Savannah made the first steamship crossing of the Atlantic Ocean (Beauchamp, Mayfield, and West) … Useful english dictionary
side-wheel — side wheeler, n. /suyd hweel , weel /, adj. having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat. [1855 60] * * * … Universalium
