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sternwheel

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree English stern Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English sternwheel From stern + wheel.

  1. derived from stern Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English sternwheel From stern + wheel

Definitions

  1. A paddle wheel positioned at the stern of a vessel.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA