paddle steamer en · NOUN
Meanings
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A steam-powered vessel propelled by one or two paddle wheels
By the 1880s, the pretty harbour village of Lynmouth was enjoying an influx of holidaymakers brought by paddle steamers from the likes of Bristol and Swansea.
2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 53:In the second volume of his autobiography, he writes of a journey up the Padma by paddle steamer (built, as it happens, on the river outside my window), where the dry season had exposed many sandbanks...
2014 September 16, Ian Jack, “Is this the end of Britishness”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| paddle steamers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
sidewheeler · sternwheeler · paddleboat · steamboat · steamship · PS
Translations (24)
fr bateau à roues à aubes (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · uk колісний пароплав (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · el τροχήλατο πλοίο (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · ca caixell de paletes (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · nl raderschip (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · da hjuldamper (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · ro navă cu zbaturi (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · fi siipiratasalus (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · fa کشتی چرخپرهای (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · de Raddampfer (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · nb hjuldamper (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · nl raderboot (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · sv hjulångare (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · nl raderstoomboot (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · ru колёсный пароход (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · ja 外輪船 (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · ko 외륜선 (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · es vapor de ruedas (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · cy stemar olwyn (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · he אוניית משוטה (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · eo padelŝipo (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · pl statek z napędem kołowym (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · cs kolesový parník (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)) · tr çarklı vapur (steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s))