paddle box

The Durande having settled down more on the larboard than on the starboard side, the right paddle-box was higher than the left.

The most rapid vessels are chosen for this service; they have the words, "United States Mail," painted on their paddle-box.

We had a ladder with us which just reached from the top of our paddle-box to about two feet below the sides of the vessel.

With these facts the Professor scrambled from the larboard paddle-box of the Hibernia.

So I went and sat down on the paddle-box and placed a boat hook at my side, to be ready should any one fall into the water.