paddle-box

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   nautical: the protective housing over the upper part of a paddle wheel on a steamship

   The skiff slipped silently past the wreck's paddle-box.

A compound of paddle + box. On a paddle steamer, the boxlike casing shields the upper arc of the wheel and limits spray.

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