paddle wheel

See also: paddlewheel

English

Noun

paddle wheel (plural paddle wheels)

1. (nautical) A large wheel, fitted with paddles, used to propel a vessel (especially a paddle steamer)

Translations

wheel fitted with paddles

• Czech: lopatkové koleso n
• Finnish: siipiratas (fi)
• German: Schaufelrad (de) n
• Hebrew: גַּלְגַל מְשׁוֹטוֹת m (galgal meshotot)
• Italian: ruota a pale f
• Russian: гребно́е колесо́ (ru) n (grebnóje kolesó)
• Spanish: rueda de paletas f
• Swedish: skovelhjul (sv) n
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can

See also

• sidewheel
• sternwheel