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 Polish: napęd kołowy m 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