paddle box

English

Noun

paddle box (plural paddle boxes)

(nautical) An enclosed structure around a paddlewheel.
- 1939 June, G. W. Tripp, “The Modern Railway Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, page 397:
  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.

Synonyms

wheelhouse

Translations

structure around paddlewheel

Finnish: siipirattaan suojus

References

“paddle-box”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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