paddlewheeler

plural paddlewheelers

1. A boat propelled by paddlewheel.

   A long drawn-out whistle from a paddlewheeler filled the air.

   1995, Cassie Edwards, Savage Pride, page 23

   2 more examples

   People along rivers and the coast who used rowboats and small sailboats for fishing and ferrying learned to dread the sound of a paddlewheeler coming through the mist.

   1987, Bob Whittier, Paddle wheel steamers and their giant engines, page 39

   In the foreground is the deck of the paddlewheeler she is racing.

   1999, Graham Wilson, Paddlewheelers of Alaska and the Yukon, page 57