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paddle wheel
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paddle wheel
a large wheel fitted with paddles, turned by an engine to propel a vessel on the water
paddle wheel [′pad·əl ‚wēl]
(mechanical engineering)
A device used to propel shallow-draft vessels, consisting of a wheel with paddles or floats on its circumference, the wheel rotating in a plane parallel to the ship's length.
A wheel with paddles used to move leather in a processing vat.
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