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paddle wheel

–noun
a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly.

Origin:
1675–85


paddle-wheel, adjective
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paddlewheel

noun
a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat 
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