side-wheel

[ sahyd-hweel, -weel ]
/ ˈsaɪdˌʰwil, -ˌwil /

adjective

having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.

Origin of side-wheel

First recorded in 1855–60

OTHER WORDS FROM side-wheel

side-wheel·er, noun

British Dictionary definitions for sidewheeler

sidewheeler
/ (ˈsaɪdˌwiːlə) /

noun

a vessel, esp a river boat, propelled by two large paddle wheels, one on each side Compare stern-wheeler