paddle box

a structure enclosing a paddle wheel.

Words nearby paddle box

He was distinguished as the inventor of paddle-box boats for steamers, and of the movable target for practicing naval gunnery.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 |Various
A small crowd on the vessel's deck leaned over the paddle-box.

The Mormon Prophet |Lily Dougall
They were carried as paddle-box boats (inverted), and thus protected the paddles as well as being ready for use.

The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth
To get on the P.5 again from the horse-barges we hop over to the paddle-box and clamber on deck.

The Secrets of a Kuttite |Edward O. Mousley

The steamer which had been burned was the Farringford, and Matt had read the name on her paddle-box.

Field and Forest |Oliver Optic