Meanings
nounpaddle box (plural paddle boxes)
plural paddle boxes
- nauticalAn enclosed structure around a paddlewheel.
As these [paddle] steamers have not the usual paddle boxes with vents, they look like modern screw steamers, and their good looks are improved by their two masts.
1939 June, G. W. Tripp, “The Modern Railway Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, page 397Synonyms: wheelhouse
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn enclosed structure around a paddlewheel.
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Translations
Finnish siipirattaan suojus
- siipirattaan suojusstructure around paddlewheel
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