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  • noun Plural form of paddlewheel.

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Examples

  • What I saw before me, riding high out of the water, was a superb white-hulled steamer with twin paddlewheels.

    Free Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Gate of Worlds 1 - Robert Silverberg Blue Tyson 2010

  • What I saw before me, riding high out of the water, was a superb white-hulled steamer with twin paddlewheels.

    Archive 2010-06-01 Blue Tyson 2010

  • He could even make out the sound of the paddlewheels churning the waters by the wharf.

    Sluggers: Magic in the Outfield Loren Long 2009

  • Fourteen paddlewheels, each about 30 feet in diameter, were turned by the Seine to power more than 200 pumps, forcing river water up a series of pipes to the Louveciennes aquaduct, a 500 foot vertical rise.

    La Machine de Marly 2005

  • Fourteen paddlewheels, each about 30 feet in diameter, were turned by the Seine to power more than 200 pumps, forcing river water up a series of pipes to the Louveciennes aquaduct, a 500 foot vertical rise.

    Archive 2005-08-01 2005

  • Watching them, Harris said, "One of these days, steam will power the capstan as well as the paddlewheels."

    The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

  • I think you are all wrong, centrioles look like paddlewheels on the old paddlewheel steamers.

    Make The Leap - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Before long die high stack overhead was coughing its first black puffs of soot, and the immense paddlewheels were beginning to churn and thrash the water.

    The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

  • As the paddlewheels chugged into life again Walan slowly turned the wheel, and overhead the yards creaked in the chilly dawn breeze as they were swung around.

    The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

  • The paddlewheels threw up a dazzling cloud of spray as they threshed back to full speed.

    The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

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