sidewheeler

/ ˈsaɪdˌwiːlə /

noun

1. a vessel, esp a river boat, propelled by two large paddle wheels, one on each side Compare stern-wheeler

Example Sentences

The surveyors took the sidewheeler to Buffalo, Iowa, to be more thoroughly checked out.

From Washington Times

The sidewheeler couldn’t run when the water level was high, and there have been many days they couldn’t sail the boat in the past three years.

From Washington Times

The sidewheeler Peter Stuyvesant, which formed part of Anthony's Pier Four Restaurant, was torn from its concrete pilings and wrecked in Boston Harbor.

From Time Magazine Archive

The new building joins eight Early American houses, eight barns and sheds, a general store, meetinghouse, schoolhouse, jail, smithy, covered bridge, railroad station, steam locomotive, lighthouse, sawmill, hunting lodge, and the 892-ton Lake Champlain sidewheeler Ticonderoga.

From Time Magazine Archive

The star of the American-owned Collins Line was the Arctic, an opulent sidewheeler launched in 1850.

From Time Magazine Archive